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Re:Interview with Andy Yen, CEO of Proton VPN by blackeyeblitzar on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @04:13PM (#42858095)
Is that really true? What did Lina Khan do to thwart big tech and enforce antitrust laws to a greater extent? I feel like there was mostly blockers for M&A that allowed startups to exit, but little real impact on big tech.
Re:Interview with Andy Yen, CEO of Proton VPN by DroidPort on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @10:05PM (#42861029)
The most vocal supporter of Lina Khan's work over the last few years has been JD Vance... while I can't remember a single democrat voicing even close to the same support.
Re:Interview with Andy Yen, CEO of Proton VPN by bayarearefugee on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @09:13AM (#42865094)
JD Vance vocally supported her, then the administration he is part of fired her as soon as it was able.

By contrast, Democrats nominated her to be commissioner, officially it was Biden who did so but Elizabeth Warren, another Democrat, is the one who really pushed for it.

Words don't mean shit compared to action.

With your kind of reasoning its pretty obvious why America is currently driving itself off a cliff.

Re:Interview with Andy Yen, CEO of Proton VPN by n4r9 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:52AM (#42864875)
She led the FTC to bring lawsuits against Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft. Although two of the cases have been blocked in the courts, this alone was unthinkable in previous administrations. She's also helped enforce policies like right-to-repair and click-to-cancel which threaten big tech's market share. Like it or not she's played a massive part in shifting the narrative on antitrust. Trump's dismissal of her along with Big Tech's front-row seats at his inauguration and general sycophantism are not good signs for antitrust.