“Andrew has a proven record of standing up to Big Tech censorship, and protecting Freedom of Speech in our Great Country,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social. “Andrew will be the most America First, and pro-innovation FTC Chair in our Country’s History.”

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to take over for Lina Khan as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, in a blow to major technology firms.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Andrew Ferguson, a Republican member of the US Federal Trade Commission, to serve as the agency’s chair, a politically charged role currently held by Lina Khan.