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The Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) has removed over 300 web log posts release during the representation ’s leadership under former chairperson Lina Khan , Wiredreports . These include post that are critical of companies like Amazon and Microsoft for their manipulation ofcustomer data .

The FTC did not respond to a petition for comment .

As FTC chair during the Biden years , Khan was known as a problematic hatchet man of antitrust law , seeking to hold mega - corporations accountable for their potential to stifle contention in American markets . In an interview with TechCrunch , she once touch to Big Tech leaders as “ gang bosses . ” But in the Trump geological era , the FTC is improbable to be as vigilant about Big Tech .

The omission of these blogs could potentially violate laws on how government datum is manage ; meanwhile , the behavior is coherent with the Trump government activity ’s ongoing campaign toremove certain words and phrasesfrom public and private government documents . These terms include “ Black , ” “ disability , ” “ feminism , ” “ genders , ” “ Latinx , ” “ LGBTQ , ” “ transgendered , ” “ victims , ” and “ women , ” among others .

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