… and this actually happened about two weeks ago: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.527174...

I wonder how familiar the people espousing an expansive view of antitrust law here on HN are with the actual administrative and judicial state of antitrust enforcement.

Well looking at the loss of fake internet points. Plenty. I even got a downvote for posting the fact above...

That the consent decree was lifted.

It’s strange because every time that the government has done anything with regard to tech, HN users are in universal disagreement - rolling back net neutrality, a DMCA, COPPA, trying to weaken encryption, finding out everything the government was doing based on the Snowden leaks, etc.

But yet they still for some reason want the government to be more involved.

What was this regulation? I'm unaware of it

Primarily the Paramount case[1] and agreements entered into by the studios as a consequence.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pic....

Thanks! Seems to be quite a landmark case I wasn't aware of.

Interesting, but possibly not surprising that it's now been overturned.