Democracy Dies in Darkness
Twin complaints signal new FTC strategy to rein in tech industry
Lawsuit to block Microsoft’s Activision acquisition and opening arguments in trial over Facebook’s deal to buy Within mark most aggressive actions against Big Tech under Lina Khan
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The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday took its most aggressive actions since Lina Khan became chair to rein in the power of Big Tech, pursuing a lawsuit to block Microsoft’s acquisition of a game developer on the same day it opened arguments in another case against Meta’s purchase of a virtual reality start-up.

