Trump’s trade commission is using fear to silence dissent
The FTC settled its case with Media Matters for America. But it doesn’t have to win in court to achieve its goalsIs there something “radically left” about being anti-Nazi? That was the question a judge put to the lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission, which has no good answer.This week, the FTC abruptly settled its case with Media Matters for America, a media watchdog the FTC had been investigating over its reports about pro-Nazi content running alongside ads on X. Those reports drove advertisers off the platform and prompted X owner Elon Musk to threaten a “thermonuclear lawsuit”. Continue reading…
The FTC settled its case with Media Matters for America. But it doesn’t have to win in court to achieve its goalsIs there something “radically left” about being anti-Nazi? That was the question a judge put to the lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission, which has no good answer.This week, the FTC abruptly settled its…
The FTC settled its case with Media Matters for America. But it doesn’t have to win in court to achieve its goalsIs there something “radically left” about being anti-Nazi? That was the question a judge put to the lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission, which has no good answer.This week, the FTC abruptly settled its case with Media Matters for America, a media watchdog the FTC had been investigating over its reports about pro-Nazi content running alongside ads on X. Those reports drove advertisers off…
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