FTC Chair Lina Khan answers question on antitrust regulation and data privacy

Lina Khan, FTC commissioner, joins CNBC's Aaron Ross Sorkin in an exclusive interview where the two discuss a range of issues, from data privacy to market power's role in inflation.

[redgree]

It’s about time!!!I. I’ve been waiting for this moment. Thank you Lina Khan! Yay! Miss Khan.

[INSANExSAMURAI]

I think many of you are missing the point, FTC is there to protect consumers. What she's talking about is only in the benefit of us not the other way around. I don't understand how having monopolies benefits you guys? So defend it like it's your company?

[Kenneth_James]

Why don't people just turn down interviews if they're not going to answer any questions?

[mathew]

Watched a NYTs town hall with Andrew Ross Sorkin interviewing Lina Khan and his perspective was so entrenched in a pro-business mindset that I thought he was a commerce lobbyist and pretty much the opposite of an objective journalist. Just another example of how the scales are tilted to benefit businesses instead of everyday Americans.

[patrickbateman]

Prints 7 Trillion in 16 months then blames Greedy Corporations.

[patrickbateman]

I'm from the Government and I'm here to help.

[Tofucapitalist]

Users are locked in or coerced to create an Instagram account?

[xz]

So the Sportsman's Warehouse couldn't be sold to the Great Outdoors

[daksans]

Worst person heading worst regulatory body. FTC will lose to Microsoft

[PajamaFeet]

Kahn is making very important points about the need to hold corporations accountable and prevent monopolies. It’s too bad this was edited so awkwardly, because I think it would be clearer if we could just watch the whole conversation (or if this dude was better at summarizing). The comments responding that she is too young or “jealous” (lol) really don’t understand the stakes of allowing monopolies to buy out other companies and consolidate every industry. Agree or disagree with her strategy, she has the best interest of the economy and businesses in mind (unless you prefer the world when mega corporations face no consequences for selling your data).

[tshirtnjeans]

Lina Khan logic. If you're successful, you're doing something wrong

[authoredens]

Her body language suggests she was rather uncomfortable or not yet settled in to this role. I'm sure she's smart but appears way to young for this job. Bad for megacaps most likely.

[VangelVe]

Another affirmative action hire. Shouldn't an economist understand economics?

[zacharylarue]

OMG haha this lady doesn’t know what she’s doing.

[goktugblack]

Jesus who is this woman? Her voice and her eye movements are truly disturbing and unsettling... Not to mention she is obviously nervous and inadequate for the position.

[Xingqiwu]

Strange. I thought her last name was Goebbels.

[fred]

She is jealous of these companies success