Judge issues injunction preventing Trump's FTC from investigating

Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks FTC Investigation of Media Matters, Claims First Amendment Violation

A Biden-appointed judge is blocking the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) probe into the leftist pro-censorship organization Media Matters over its alleged coordination with other media watchdog groups to launch advertiser boycotts of X, arguing that the Trump administration is trying to stifle the group's freedom of speech. The post Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks FTC Investigation of Media Matters, Claims First Amendment Violation appeared first o…

Judge issues injunction preventing Trump's FTC from investigating

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has issued an injunction preventing the Trump administration’s Federal Trade Commission from investigating Media Matters for America, the liberal media watchdog group that had alleged the spread of hate speech on X since Elon Musk acquired the social media platform. U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan ruled Friday that the FTC’s probe of Media Matters, “purportedly to investigate an advertiser boycott…