Opinion

June 23, 2021

What Europe can learn from the new US antitrust chief, Lina Khan

The rise of Big Tech critic Lina Khan has been meteoric. Everyone — including in Europe and especially in tech — should pay attention.


Nicolas Colin

5 min read

Credit: Caleb Fisher on Unsplash

32 year old Lina Khan has recently emerged as the main figure of the ongoing American antitrust revival.

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Nicolas Colin

Nicolas Colin is cofounder of VC firm The Family. He writes a regular column for Sifted

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