The Latest Breaking News from Lina Khan

House Republicans who say the Federal Trade Commission has been overzealous and politicized under President Joe Biden are set to interrogate agency head Lina Khan on Thursday

SEATTLE — With the recent spate of privacy-focused investigations, government regulators may be looking to send Big Tech a message — and it's landing in Seattle's tech-fueled backyard.

Khan noted that Amazon “revamped its Prime cancellation process for at least some subscribers shortly before the filing of this Complaint.”

The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions

SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that artificial intelligence has “enormous promise” but that it also comes with risks such as fueling disinformation and job losses — dangers his administration wants to tackle.

President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet researchers and advocates with expertise in artificial intelligence on Tuesday in San Francisco as his administration attempts to tackle potential dangers of a technology that could fuel misinformation, job losses, discrimination and privacy violations.

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The Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan declined to recuse herself from an FTC case against Meta Platforms Inc., despite the advice of the agency’s top ethics official, according to internal agency documents.

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