The tech industry criticized the move. Carl Szabo, vice president and general counsel of NetChoice, which represents Facebook, Amazon, Google and other companies, said creating an antitrust position in a political office like the White House is “a recipe for weaponization of antitrust law for political purposes.”
“I worry he will not search for evidence but will start with a conclusion and try to prove it,” Szabo said about Wu. “I also worry that he has a fundamental opinion that success should be disallowed.”