This isn’t entirely the fault of the FTC, much of the underlying problems are because of the courts.
The FTC under Biden has been going after many different industries, from aviation to publishing, while the DoJ has been trying to stop mergers in fields such as healthcare and food. Both the FTC and DoJ have lost many cases in the courts in recent years. For example, the DoJ went after chicken producers for price fixing, but the jury ruled that they were innocent. Both the DoJ and the FTC lost over half a dozen cases just last year.[1](https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-keeps-losing-antitrust-court-battles-few-expect-pullback-2022-10-04/)
It’s become pretty common for companies to prepare for litigation, they no longer believe that cooperating with antitrust agencies to negotiate a settlement is feasible under the current administration.
The current administration is litigating most mergers, and has had some success. For example the DoJ successfully stopped both Lockheed Martin and NVIDIA from buying competitors while the FTC blocked healtchare company mergers in some states.
But now the Supreme Court has passed a decision that would allow companies to shop for judges so that they can challenge the constitutional authority of federal regulators like the FTC and EPA.[2](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/federal-agencies-face-constitutional-fights-after-high-court-loss)
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Reuters - U.S. keeps losing antitrust court battles but few expect pullback
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Bloomberg Law - Federal Agencies Face Constitutional Fights After High Court Loss
Maybe we’ll see an influx of new users from r/NCD. Maybe we’ll see some more activity here! I only lurk these parts (same on reddit) because it’s fun to read shitposts every now and then.
It’s pretty dumb for RA to go after NCD, I clicked on far too many NSFW posts without realizing what it was as they weren’t labeled. The arguments NCD mods present with sources are true. I feel like it’s reddit just trying to stem the loss of money. Their IPO valuation has lost 41% of its value in a year[1](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-15/reddit-should-heed-its-users-as-well-as-investors) and now their bottom line is being affected because users realized advertisements aren’t shown on NSFW subs.[2](https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/6/23786474/reddit-nsfw-moderator-protest-final-warning)
Bloomberg News - Reddit Made the Mistake of Ignoring Its Core Users
The Verge - Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else
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