Concerned Women for America Tells DOJ to Block Netflix’s Power Grab Over Warner Bros

Concerned Women for America just drew a line in the sand, and it’s about time someone did. The nation’s largest public policy organization for women is demanding the Justice Department block Netflix’s planned $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, and their reasoning cuts straight to what parents have been whispering about for years. Netflix has been sneaking content into kids’ programming that most families never signed up for, and now the streaming giant wants even more control over what enters American living rooms.

The letter CWA sent to the DOJ, shared exclusively with The Daily Wire, doesn’t mince words. It raises serious questions about Netflix’s transparency with families and points out glaring problems in how the platform applies age ratings to children’s content. You know what’s striking? A December study found that one third of all Netflix shows rated for children include LGBT characters, themes, or messaging. For programs rated TV-G and TV-Y7, that number jumps to 41 percent. Parents selecting a cartoon for their six-year-old shouldn’t need a law degree to figure out what they’re actually getting.

CWA President Penny Nance argues that if this merger goes through, Netflix would control more than 30 percent of the streaming market. That’s monopoly territory by any reasonable standard. We’re not talking about some mom-and-pop shop getting successful here. We’re talking about unprecedented dominance in an industry that’s already operating with far less regulation than traditional television ever faced. The streaming revolution changed how America watches content, but the rules haven’t caught up. Meanwhile, companies like Netflix have been exploiting that gap.

Here’s the thing about monopolies. They don’t just hurt competition in some abstract economic sense. They hurt real people making real choices about what enters their homes. When one company controls that much of the market, families lose options. Conservative parents who want wholesome entertainment for their kids without surprise ideological content find themselves with fewer places to turn. That’s not paranoia. That’s market reality.

The letter makes clear that streaming platforms now wield enormous influence over the viewing public while facing minimal oversight. Traditional broadcasters operated under Federal Communications Commission rules for decades. Streaming services? They’ve largely written their own playbook. Absorbing Warner Bros.’ massive content library would give Netflix control over an even larger slice of American media consumption, making it exceptionally difficult to reverse course later.

Nance isn’t just complaining though. She’s offering solutions. If the Justice Department won’t block the merger outright, it should at minimum require concrete, enforceable commitments from Netflix. Third-party ratings systems. Clearer content labels that actually tell parents when LGBT material appears in programming. Enhanced parental controls that work intuitively. Regular audits to ensure compliance. These aren’t radical demands. They’re basic transparency measures that most parents would consider common sense.

What’s interesting is that CWA explicitly stated they wouldn’t have the same concerns about a Paramount acquisition. Nance told The Daily Wire that Paramount simply doesn’t wield Netflix’s market influence. The problem isn’t consolidation in general. The problem is Netflix specifically, given its track record on content transparency and its sheer market dominance. Since the Netflix deal was announced, Paramount has submitted multiple hostile takeover bids trying to block it. Warner Bros. Discovery is currently reviewing Paramount Skydance’s latest offer of $31 per share cash, which includes a $7 billion regulatory termination fee.

The Trump administration has a real opportunity here. The DOJ under this president has shown willingness to challenge corporate power when it threatens American interests. This merger threatens something more fundamental than market competition. It threatens parental authority. It threatens the ability of families to control what messages reach their children. Conservative values have always centered on keeping government limited, yes, but also on protecting the family unit from forces that would undermine it.

Netflix built its empire partly by positioning itself as the alternative to traditional media gatekeepers. Now it wants to become the biggest gatekeeper of all. That irony shouldn’t be lost on anyone. The Justice Department needs to recognize what’s really at stake and reject this bid outright.

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