@arstechnica The humor that in all of this, breaking up large corporations because they hurt consumers never occurred to any of these people.

The report is titled:

> GARM’S HARM: HOW THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BRANDS SEEK TO CONTROL
ONLINE SPEECH

They aren't mad these companies control food prices or anything like that. They're upset because these groups called them "hard right".

Musk isn't mad that free speech is being stomped. Musk is mad because he isn't making enough ad money.

That's the thing in all of this. They don't want these corporations to be harmed, they just want to get their cut of the profits.

It's all performance, because as much as they'll talk "antitrust" these conglomerates didn't appear last week. There's been plenty times to have stopped all of this.

They don't want to fix things. Musk still wants to completely control speech, he just wants to make money while he does it. And he's upset because he's getting cut out of the club.

You look at the rulings Congress cited about lawsuits brought about under section 1 of the Sherman Act, the most recent one is from 1986. 1986! There's a reason for that.

They don't want to actually enforce it, because they know if they do, that it opens a door for everyone to come after them for the exact same thing.