FTC Chair Lina Khan Asked About Microsoft – Activision Deal In US Gov’t Hearing
The Microsoft – Activision deal has come up again in the most unlikeliest of situations – a US House Committee hearing. It probably won’t be a surprise, though, if I told you this hearing involves FTC chair Lina Khan.
The US House Committee on Energy and Commerce uploaded a YouTube of a three hour hearing titled IDC Subcommittee Hearing: “Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Trade Commission Budget”. In short, Lina Khan was asking for a higher budget for the FTC, and she got called by the House Committee to talk about her request.
What Lina did not expect, however, is that her actions would receive severe criticism and probing by the House Committee members.
The substance of the hearing is beyond the scope of our sphere of interest, that being Lina’s actions on the Microsoft – Activision deal. We will share here that some accounts that were reported by the New York Post, and read back to Lina in this hearing, described her as ‘abusive, and a tyrant’, and leave it at that.
As caught by YouTuber Destin Legarie, in a brief portion of this hearing, Tennessee representative Diana Lynn Harshbarger directly asked Lina Khan about the Microsoft Activision deal.
With all the FTC news today I'm surprised I hadn't seen anyone share that the rep. from Tennessee asked Khan directly about why they were siding with Sony as opposed to Microsoft in the Xbox vs PlayStation case. pic.twitter.com/PtGJ78Ku0p
We’re sharing Destin’s tweet here, so you can watch the clip, but we will also share a transcript below:
“Harshbarger: I say we can all agree that competition law is supposed to protect an industry from stronger players.
Khan: Correct.
Harshbarger: In light of that, I find it curious the FTC is taking action to protect Sony, which has 68 % of the
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