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May 2024
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Lina Khan Explains the Federal Trade Com...

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Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, walks Jon Stewart through the government agency's role in enforcing antitrust and consumer protection laws and its current lawsuits against Amazon and Facebook.

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