The Federal Trade Commission has requested documents from media issues regarding possible coordination with other media guards accused by Elon Musk of assisting the boycotters of the X orchestra advertiser, according to a first document by Reuters on Thursday.
Reuters first civil investigative requests require information about media issues communications with other groups that value misinformation and speech of hate news and social media, including a World Federation of Advertising Federation called Global Alliance in charge. X There are constant lawsuits against the two organizations.
The probe marks an escalation in the US government’s review if groups as media issues helped advertisers coordinate to attract X dollars after Musk bought the social media site previously known as Twitter in 2022.
The request requires all the documents of the media, a Washington Liberal Liberal Bar Group, based on DC, has produced or received in the X lawsuit regarding the advertiser’s boycotts.
FTC Mayor Andrew Ferguson, who was appointed by President Trump to run the agency, emphasized the potential for an investigation in December.
“We have to prosecute any illegal clash between the online platforms, and withstand the advertiser’s boycotts that threaten competition between those platforms,” Ferguson said in a statement for an unrelated case.
The Chamber Judicial Committee, headed by Republican member Jim Jordan, accused the Global Media Alliance in charge last year to coordinate an illegal boycott of the group. The initiative closed in August.
A FTC spokesman refused to comment.
Media matters and the World Federation of Advertisers did not immediately respond to a comment request.
An investigative request is not evidence of wrongdoing, and not all investigations result in the FTC to take implementation actions.
Advertising costs for X have been decided to increase in 2025 for the first time since Musk bought it in 2022, said the Emarketer research firm in March, but remains below its level in front of Musk. Tesla’s General Director was a major donor in Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and conducts his initiative to reduce federal workforce.
Last year, X sues the World Federation of Advertisers and a group of large brands at the Federal Court in Texas, accusing them of illegal plot to reduce advertising expenses.
The group has asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that the advertisers chose other platforms based on their concerns about X’s commitment to brand security.
Media and X matters are fighting each other in the federal courts in Texas and California.
X Sund Media Matters in 2023, accusing his defamation in an article saying that advertising for the main brands had appeared near the X posts that required extremist far -right content.
Media Matters has denied the charges, and sued X, accusing him of abusive, costly and without merit lawsuits to punish the group for his reporting on X after Musk bought the site.
The organization has said that protection against X claims has cost millions of dollars.
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