Tim Wu - a law professor at Columbia University - is the man who coined the term "net neutrality". So Tim Wu joined the Biden government, where he will work on technology and competition in the National Economic Council.
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"I am pleased to announce that I will be joining the Biden White House to address Technology and Competition Policy at the National Economic Council."
Wu is a prominent voice on the internet, and one of the most well-known proponents of free and open internet.
For years he advocated the concept of internet neutrality - the idea that the internet should be free of restrictions or control by the government or the companies that provide it.
He's also been a standout voice in recent years on the issue of antitrust against big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon, arguing that these companies have become huge and no longer have competition.
In his 2018 book, The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age, he argues restitution in the Teddy Roosevelt-style antitrust crackdowns of the 20th century.
"I think they hit technology innovation"
Η choice Wu's decision is significant, and likely signals efforts by the new Biden administration to more aggressively curb the ever-growing power of big tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook.
