A ‘Win for the First Amendent:’ GARM Shuts Down in the Wake of Elon Musk’s Antitrust Lawsuit

“…The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has announced it is shutting down the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) initiative, which organized advertising blacklists to censor conservatives, in response to an antitrust lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X/Twitter earlier this week…

…Musk’s lawsuit, which also names GARM members Unilever, Mars, CVS, and Ørsted as defendants, has sent shockwaves through the advertising industry. Despite the allegations, Loerke stated that the WFA and GARM intended to contest the claims in court, expressing confidence that the outcome would demonstrate their adherence to competition rules in all their activities.

Breitbart News has previously reported on GARM which has been accused of censoring media outlets based on politics:

A congressional investigation recently uncovered overt political bias in the leadership of GARM, which is being used to control online speech and silence conservatives, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report released last month.

GARM co-founder Rob Rakowitz, for example, once complained in an email about people “advocating for freedom of speech online,” and about “extreme global interpretation of the US Constitution.” Rakowitz has also criticized the U.S. Constitution for being written “by white men exclusively.”…”