Lina Khan
Role at the time: Former Federal Trade Commission chair; statement posted from her verified X account.
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Khan says existing law gives enforcers authority to act against companies and executives that create and release dangerous, unvetted, or defective products.
“Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Lina Khan says existing law can reach dangerous unvetted AI productsExact direct X post.
Direct post arguing that existing law can reach dangerous, unvetted, or defective products and that discussion of new legal regimes should not distract from current enforcement authority.
Why we used this label
Khan supports enforcement safeguards using existing law and cautions against treating discussion of new legal regimes as the only relevant framework.