Trump Taps Andrew Ferguson to Replace Lina Khan as FTC Chair (2)

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Andrew Ferguson, a Republican member of the US Federal Trade Commission, to serve as the agency’s chair, a politically charged role currently held by Lina Khan.

“Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country,” Trump said in a statement posted to his Truth Social network on Tuesday evening. “Andrew will be the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our Country’s History.”

Ferguson, one of two Republicans at the five-member antitrust and consumer protection agency, joined the FTC ...