FTC Chair Lina Khan ignored ethics advice in refusal to recuse herself in Meta case - Bloomberg
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Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan ignored advice from the regulator's top ethics official to recuse herself in a case against Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META). 
The FTC's ethics official recommended that Khan recuse herself from a case where the agency was reviewing Meta's $400 million purchase of a virtual reality startup, Within Unlimited, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday, which cited an FTC memo.
The official recommended Khan recuse herself to avoid the appearance of bias, though she ultimately left it up to Kahn to decide, according to the report. 
Meta (META) filed with the FTC in July 2022, asking that Khan recuse herself from the Within case due to her statements about the tech industry prior to her arrival at the agency. The FTC denied the request for recusal in early February.
The Bloomberg story comes after the House Oversight Committee earlier this month requested an inquiry into Khan, asking for documents related to her charge as regulator.
The House committee is seeking documents related to Khan's refusal to recuse herself from the review of Meta's (META) purchase of Within, which the FTC dropped its challenge to in February after a federal judge ruled against the FTC.
The probe comes after former FTC Commissioner Christine S. Wilson, the only Republican at the agency, resigned from the FTC in late March, at least partly blaming Khan's leadership and policies for her decision to step down. Wilson specifically addressed Khan's refusal to recuse herself from the Within case.
The FTC defended Kahn's decision in a statement to Bloomberg.
"This is nothing more than a coordinated effort between Big Tech monopolies and their allies in Washington to intimidate public servants whose job it is to protect Americans from unfair competition," FTC spokesperson Douglas Farrar told Bloomberg. "It wonât work."
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