Khan's FTC to Tighten Orders as Twitter Whistle-Blower Exposes Flaws

Consent decrees treated as suggestions, she tells senators
Future decrees will name executives responsible for compliance

Lina Khan
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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By Anna Edgerton

September 20, 2022 at 9:19 PM UTC

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Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said her agency is taking a stronger approach to consent decrees compared to a 2011 deal with Twitter Inc. that was criticized in a whistle-blower’s complaint.

“There absolutely has been a problem with companies treating FTC orders as suggestions,” Khan told the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee on Tuesday. “We have a program under way to really toughen that up.”