Sources: the FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen US advertising and advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers
Spending federal $$ to support antisemitism violates several Trump EOs. — www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... Karl Bode / @karlbode.com : When Matt Stoller claimed the Trump FTC would “continue the antitrust legacy of Lina Khan,” surely he meant “launch weird and baseless investigations of companies that don't want their ads associated with nazis,” right? Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The FTC is investigating advertising and advocacy groups for boycotting X due to lack of content moderation as violations of antitrust law. — The government is now penalizing companies for not wanting their ads to show up next to hate speech. Yosemite Sam / @i-hate-acronyms : Is coordinating boycotts Illegal? Or is this another attempt to “own the libs”? IDK, I am asking. Ken Vogel / @kenvogel : The FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen advertising & advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers on X & several conservative social media platforms, Kate Conger & Tiffany Hsu report. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... @democratswin : I had to read this twice. The hypocrisy is so obvious and blatant, I thought surely I was missing something. Ernie Smith / @ernie.tedium.co : Should I sue Madison Avenue for not advertising in Tedium? — It's just such a stupid precedent. Advertisers have free speech rights, and those free-speech rights include NOT advertising in places they don't want to be. — www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t... Matt Novak / @paleofuture : It's actually illegal not to give Elon Musk money [embedded post] Jesse Hawken / @jessehawken : Private companies aren't required to advertise on a private platform by law! Or are they [embedded post] @hypervisible : Today in “it's illegal to not give us money.” @mtsw : A weird thing for them to be so interested in now that Elon has “stepped away” according to reporting in the same newspaper. I wonder if those reports were maybe inaccurate?! [embedded post] Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Old enough to remember when MAGAville was furious that the government was trying to pressure private companies. — This is pure jawboning/chilling effects trying to create a “cost” for advertisers choosing not to advertise on X. [embedded post] Mastodon: Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon.social : FTC supports corrupt Musk and his attack on advertisers — and goes after public-interest orgs that alert advertisers to the scumbaggery at his evil platform. https://www.nytimes.com/... X: @emptywheel : Say, @pambondi? Donald Trump ORDERED YOU to make sure federal $$ does not support antisemitism. FTC harassment of Media Matters is an effort to punish the left for OPPOSING Elon's support for Nazis. Will you investigate FTC? https://www.nytimes.com/... Marshall Herskovitz / @mherskovitz : FYI: The FTC has never investigated any political boycott before. F.T.C. Investigates Ad Groups and Watchdogs, Alleging Boycott Collusion https://www.nytimes.com/... Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel : The @FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen advertising & advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers on X & several conservative social media platforms, @kateconger & @tiffkhsu report. https://www.nytimes.com/... Forums: r/law : F.T.C. Investigates Ad Groups and Watchdogs, Alleging Boycott Collusion: The regulator is looking into whether roughly a dozen groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers See also Mediagazer
This NYT story on FTC's investigation into “collusion” leading to boycott of Xitter does not mention antisemitism, one major reason for the boycott. — Spending federal $$ to support antisemitism violates several Trump EOs. — www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t...
When Matt Stoller claimed the Trump FTC would “continue the antitrust legacy of Lina Khan,” surely he meant “launch weird and baseless investigations of companies that don't want their ads associated with nazis,” right?
The FTC is investigating advertising and advocacy groups for boycotting X due to lack of content moderation as violations of antitrust law. — The government is now penalizing companies for not wanting their ads to show up next to hate speech.
The FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen advertising & advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers on X & several conservative social media platforms, Kate Conger & Tiffany Hsu report. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t...
Should I sue Madison Avenue for not advertising in Tedium? — It's just such a stupid precedent. Advertisers have free speech rights, and those free-speech rights include NOT advertising in places they don't want to be. — www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/t...
A weird thing for them to be so interested in now that Elon has “stepped away” according to reporting in the same newspaper. I wonder if those reports were maybe inaccurate?! [embedded post]
Old enough to remember when MAGAville was furious that the government was trying to pressure private companies. — This is pure jawboning/chilling effects trying to create a “cost” for advertisers choosing not to advertise on X. [embedded post]
FTC supports corrupt Musk and his attack on advertisers — and goes after public-interest orgs that alert advertisers to the scumbaggery at his evil platform. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Say, @pambondi? Donald Trump ORDERED YOU to make sure federal $$ does not support antisemitism. FTC harassment of Media Matters is an effort to punish the left for OPPOSING Elon's support for Nazis. Will you investigate FTC? https://www.nytimes.com/...
FYI: The FTC has never investigated any political boycott before. F.T.C. Investigates Ad Groups and Watchdogs, Alleging Boycott Collusion https://www.nytimes.com/...
The @FTC is investigating whether roughly a dozen advertising & advocacy groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers on X & several conservative social media platforms, @kateconger & @tiffkhsu report. https://www.nytimes.com/...
F.T.C. Investigates Ad Groups and Watchdogs, Alleging Boycott Collusion: The regulator is looking into whether roughly a dozen groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers