Simone A. Kjær (Editor)

Series: Government Procedures and Operations
BISAC: POL040000

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency that comprises three bureaus: the Bureau of Competition (“BC”); the Bureau of Consumer Protection (“BCP”); and the Bureau of Economics, which supports both BC and BCP. To strengthen the FTC’s ability to keep pace with technological challenges in the digital marketplace, the FTC also recently announced the creation of an Office of Technology, which is supporting the agency’s law enforcement and policy work. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the FTC’s competition work, highlighting some of the agency’s major recent activities and initiatives, as well as major challenges. Chapter 2 discusses the aggressive campaign to harass Twitter and deluge it with demands about its personnel decisions in each of the company’s departments, every internal communication relating to Elon Musk, and even Twitter’s interactions with journalists. Chapter 3 chronicles Chair Lina Khan’s neglect and mismanagement of the agency in furtherance of her personal pursuit of political and ideological aims.