Progressive “media watchdog” group Media Matters has received a request” for information. (RFI) from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for any communications between the group and other organizations that monitor traditional, alternative, and social media for misinformation and hate speech. The FTC is looking for evidence that Media Matters collaborated with other media watchdogs and advertising organizations to persuade businesses to pull their ads Elon Musk’s X. If the FTC succeeds in bringing a case against Media Matters, it will have criminalized boycotts of businesses as well as, in the case of media companies, their advertisers. The FTC ignores the fact that boycotts are protected by the First Amendment.
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