It’s not hypothetical at all. The FCC is currently being used for political attacks: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/28/media/abc-fcc-disney-licenses...

Those who are under attack happen to also be the biggest copyrighter holders, so this would open up a new avenue of attack.

It's not hypothetical nor an unintended consequence. Most likely this is the point

ronsor 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Those who are under attack happen to also be the biggest copyrighter holders, so this would open up a new avenue of attack.

Don't threaten me with a good time

XorNot 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Conversely you're already not dealing with that, so the letter and spirit of the law are both being ignored and the American voter doesn't care.

	▲	WarOnPrivacy 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> the American voter doesn't care. The American voter doesn't know because copyright misuse and malfeasance is on a long list of public-impacting topics that news orgs have rigorously ignored for generations.