NewsGuard Sues FTC Over Censorship Claims

NewsGuard Technologies, a news monitoring service, has sued the United States===Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and its chairman, Andrew Ferguson, to stop an investigation. NewsGuard accuses the FTC of using its power to censor speech because it disagrees with NewsGuard's judgments about news source reliability. The FTC, under President Donald Trump's administration, has become more active in addressing issues important to Trump and his supporters, particularly involving the media. This lawsuit is part of a broader pattern of the Trump administration's legal conflicts with media organizations, including Associated Press, Paramount Global===CBS News, News Corp===The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times Company===The New York Times. Newsmax, a Trump-friendly network, has also urged regulators to act against NewsGuard due to its low credibility rating. The FTC's actions, including prohibiting the use of news rating services in mergers like Omnicom Group and The Interpublic Group of Companies, have already impacted NewsGuard's business.