President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Andrew Ferguson to be the subsequent chair of the Federal Commerce Fee. Ferguson will take over for Lina Khan, who has earned reward from Vice President-elect J.D. Vance for her efforts to combat massive tech.
“Andrew has a confirmed report of standing as much as Massive Tech censorship, and defending Freedom of Speech in our Nice Nation,” Trump says in a post on Truth Social.
In keeping with a document obtained by Punchbowl News’ Ben Brody, Ferguson’s pitch for the job included intentions to “reverse Lina Khan’s anti-business agenda,” “maintain massive tech accountable and cease censorship,” and “shield freedom of speech and combat wokeness.” The doc additionally mentioned Ferguson would “combat again towards the trans agenda.”
Ferguson was first sworn in as an FTC commissioner in April, however Trump says that Ferguson will start his function as chair on “day one” of his administration.
“On the FTC, we are going to finish Massive Tech’s vendetta towards competitors and free speech,” Ferguson writes in a post on X. “We are going to make it possible for America is the world’s technological chief and the most effective place for innovators to deliver new concepts to life.”
Trump also announced that he’s nominating Mark Meador, at the moment a associate at an antitrust regulation agency, to be an FTC commissioner.
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