Sen. Josh Hawley proposes FTC overhaul to take on Google and Facebook

Photo by Leigh Vogel for The Verge On Monday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) published a new plan to remake the Federal Trade Commission with an eye toward reining in big tech companies.
“The FTC has stood by as major corporations have consolidated their power and stifled competition,” Hawley writes in the paper. “The agency as presently constituted is in no shape to ensure competition in today’s markets, let alone tomorrow’s.”
Tasked with protecting consumers, the