Facebook Seeks Khan’s Recusal in FTC Case

FTC Chair Lina Khan should recuse herself from decisions in the agency’s antitrust case against Facebook, the company wrote the commission Wednesday. Khan’s prior work and public statements show she already made up her mind about material facts in the case before joining the commission, the company argued. Facebook cited her work with the Open Markets Institute, the House Judiciary Committee, her academic writing, her public appearances and her Twitter posts. Khan tweeted about the substance of the agency’s complaint hours after the commission filed it, the company contended. Khan “presumed that Facebook has a monopoly in ‘social networking’ and has a ‘copy-acquire-kill’ strategy, calling on ‘enforcers’ to stop Facebook,” the company wrote. The agency declined comment. Amazon previously requested Khan’s recusal in the e-commerce platform (see 2106300044).