Platforms demand recusal of FTC, DOJ antitrust officials; and Facebooks power of redaction
Amazon, Facebook and Google are on a mission: to ensure that the United States Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and Department of Justice antitrust division head Jonathan Kanter recuse themselves from key decisions affecting the digital platforms. Why? Because, they argue, the two officials\u2019 past work and public utterances mean they\u2019re incapable of overseeing their agencies\u2019 investigations impartially. But a court ruling is suggesting the tech giants may be facing an uphill battle. Also on today\u2019s podcast: Facebook\u2019s 2019 settlement with the FTC included a commitment to make changes to its privacy compliance structure and carry out internal privacy assessments. But what\u2019s in those assessments? We may never know, with a US Supreme Court ruling on the US\u2019s Freedom of Information Act allowing Facebook \u2014 or Meta Platforms, as it\u2019s now known \u2014 to demand heavy-handed redactions of FTC documents.