Increases in filing fees will support an expansion of the FTC and DOJ Antitrust enforcement budget available to Lina Khan and Jonathan Kantor. These are two lawyers that Big Tech are particularly afraid of, accusing them of being impartial^1 and/or asking for their recusal.^2 One could imagine that Big Tech wants to foster divisiveness so that lawmakers cannot unite to support Khan and Kantor. Big Tech profits from divisiveness. It drives "engagement". It also derails any legislative progress toward regulation.

What Stoller is suggesting is that this bill's passing shows that lawmakers can unite in support of Khan and Kantor's proposed work.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-return-of-the-trustbusters-...

https://promarket.org/2021/03/22/senator-klobuchars-antitrus...

https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/a-proposal-to-en...

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/technology/jonathan-kante...

2. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/facebook-asks-for-ftc-chair-...