Federal Judge: FTC Can't Be Musk's Speech Police

The First Amendment lives to fight another day

Aug 27, 2025

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On November 16, 2023, the nonprofit news outlet Media Matters for America (MMFA) published an explosive story showing ads for major American companies on X (formerly Twitter) running next to explicitly pro-Nazi content.

The story sparked a massive exodus of advertisers and enraged Elon Musk, a self-described “free speech warrior,” who threatened to file …

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Liz Dye

Liz Dye is a columnist at Above the Law, contributor at Wonkette and Public Notice, presenter at Legal Eagle, and co-host of the Law and Chaos podcast.