Tim Wu the neutrality of the internet in the White House

Tim Wu - a law professor at Columbia University - is the man who coined the term "net neutrality". So Tim Wu joined Biden, where he will work on technology and competition at 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 its best-known advocates 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 , 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 in the antitrust mediaof the 20th century in the style of Teddy Roosevelt.

"I think they hit technology innovation"

Η 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.

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