Wu is departing the White House just as the Biden administration is trying to control Big Tech. He was a co-author of the presidential order issued by the Federal Communications Commission last year that directed it to reinstate net neutrality and promised increased merger scrutiny. The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Meta in July of this year to prevent the acquisition of VR developer Within. The government also took action earlier this month to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Both lawsuits are now in court and are anticipated to be challenging fights for the FTC.
