Time - USA (2021-03-01)

LINA KHAN

31 • Holding Big Tech to account

BY ELIZABETH WARREN

For too long, giant tech companies have thrown around their weight to

crush competition, exploit our data and spread disinformation. They

may think they’re too big to be held accountable, but Lina Khan is

proving them wrong.

Since Lina published her blockbuster Yale Law Journal article

“Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” in 2017—written while she was still a law

student, I should add—she has been the leading intellectual force in the

modern anti trust movement. Her writings and advocacy have pushed

scholars, lawyers, activists and public officials to think differently

about Big Tech. She’s also been a critical figure in government,

providing advice to countless elected officials, working at the Federal

Trade Commission and staffing the House Judiciary Committee’s

Subcommittee on Antitrust. Lina’s deep knowledge and commitment to

discovering the facts on the ground have not only drawn attention to the

problem of concentration but shown how to address it.

As Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon face growing scrutiny, we

have a huge opportunity to make big, structural change by reviving

antitrust enforcement and fighting monopolies that threaten our

economy, our society and our democracy. I can’t wait to see how Lina

will continue to shape that debate.

Warren is a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts

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