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Jon Stewart is saying that Apple asked him not to talk to the Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on his former Apple show 'The Problem with Jon Stewart.' Khan, who became chair of the FTC in 2021, has made a name for herself for being an outspoken critic of the business practices of Big Tech companies like Amazon and Meta and has been praised by both Democrats and Republicans for her antitrust efforts. Khan was a guest on Monday's episode of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show,' where Stewart made the revelation.

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00:00and we need to make sure that we're actually deterring illegal behavior and so that can mean

00:05naming individual executives uh we in our some of our lawsuits oh snap you just did not go there

00:12john stewart is saying that apple asked him not to talk to the federal trade commission chair

00:18lena khan on his former apple show the problem with john stewart khan who became chair of the

00:23ftc in 2021 had made a name for herself for being an outspoken critic of the business practices of

00:28big tech companies like amazon and meta and has been praised by both democrats and republicans

00:34for her antitrust efforts khan was a guest on monday's episode of comedy central's the daily

00:39show where stewart made the revelation i've got to tell you i wanted to have you on a podcast and

00:43apple asked us not to do it to have you they literally said please don't talk to her having

00:48nothing to do with what you do for a living i think they just

00:51i didn't think they cared for you is what happened stewart added that apple was also

00:59concerned about the way the problem would tackle the issue of ai stewart then referred to a segment

01:04from earlier in the show that mocked some of the promises of ai noting they wouldn't let us do that

01:09dumb thing we did in the first act on ai asking what is that sensitivity for too many americans drugs

01:15are unaffordable right i mean i hear weekly monthly about american families who are having to ration

01:20life-saving drugs absolutely last october apple tv plus abruptly canceled the eight episode third season

01:26of the problem the hollywood reporter reported that there had been tension between apple and stewart

01:31ahead of season three over topics that would be featured in the show for more updates to this

01:35story head to thr.com and for the latest entertainment news and updates keep watching the hollywood reporter news

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