Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023
we have weird fucking zealots steering the lobotomized husk of what used to be semi-coherent federal governance [embedded post] Ryan Mac / @rmac : So is the federal government just going to start investigating Musk's beefs? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/t... Ken Vogel / @kenvogel : NEW: The FTC has opened an investigation into Media Matters. — It is the latest example of the Trump administration targeting the infrastructure of the political left. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/t... X: @josephpolitano : This is exactly the kind of weaponization of FTC Trump hoped to achieve by illegally firing all the Democratic commissioners Sarah Longwell / @sarahlongwell25 : All they gotta do is give him a jet or buy a few million Trumpcoins and the whole thing can go away. Ted Johnson / @tedstew : Media Matters' Angelo Carusone statement on FTC probe: “The Trump administration has been defined by naming right-wing media figures to key posts and abusing the power of the federal government to bully political opponents and silence critics.” Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer : NEWS — The Federal Trade Commisssion is investigating Media Matters, which is being targeted by Elon Musk. FTC sent a letter to Media Matters on Wednesday and spoke of possible illegal collusion among advertisers versus X. With @kateconger + @kenvogel https://www.nytimes.com/... Forums: r/politics : FTC Is Investigating Liberal Group Media Matters See also Mediagazer
Note that courts have already thrown out similar investigations by both Missouri and Texas as an obvious and blatant attack on @mmfa.bsky.social's First Amendment rights. [embedded post]
The FTC is trying to criminalize boycotts. Advertisers not wanting to be associated with Elon Musk aren't colluding; they're using common sense. Targeting activists who oppose turning Twitter into a toxic cesspool is an abuse of power that is way out of bounds for the FTC.
we don't have regulators any more — we have weird fucking zealots steering the lobotomized husk of what used to be semi-coherent federal governance [embedded post]
NEW: The FTC has opened an investigation into Media Matters. — It is the latest example of the Trump administration targeting the infrastructure of the political left. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/t...
Media Matters' Angelo Carusone statement on FTC probe: “The Trump administration has been defined by naming right-wing media figures to key posts and abusing the power of the federal government to bully political opponents and silence critics.”
NEWS — The Federal Trade Commisssion is investigating Media Matters, which is being targeted by Elon Musk. FTC sent a letter to Media Matters on Wednesday and spoke of possible illegal collusion among advertisers versus X. With @kateconger + @kenvogel https://www.nytimes.com/...