Sources: DOJ’s criminal antitrust prosecutor Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel is expected to lead FTC’s antitrust enforcement unit handling Facebook and Amazon cases
St. Matthew-Daniel would be in charge of a division of the agency challenging Facebook in court, looking into Amazon’s business practises, and examining mergers like Nvidia’s acquisition of chipmaker Arm. Following President Joe Biden’s nomination of antitrust activist Lina Khan to be an FTC commissioner, subject to Senate approval, her appointment would come after that. Both actions demonstrate how the new administration is giving opponents of big tech more leverage within an organisation that has previously come under fire…