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The SLAPP seems to working as intended.

An advertising industry initiative targeted by an Elon Musk lawsuit is "discontinuing" its activities and has deleted the member list from its website.

Stephan Loerke, the CEO of the WFA, wrote in an email to members, seen by Business Insider, that the decision was "not made lightly" but that GARM is a not-for-profit organization with limited resources.

Today, the House Judiciary GOP's official account on X called GARM being discontinued a "big win for the First Amendment" and a "big win for oversight." X CEO Linda Yaccarino also applauded the news.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Can someone explain like I’m dumb? This sounds bad, because a non profit is being bullied into shutting down because of a lawsuit, but it’s also being hailed as a first amendment win, which sounds like the opposite of what is happening.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Republicans call it a first amendment win because GARM would tell advertisers when their ads are running on platforms along side dangerous or illegal content. And they equate being given carte blanche to spread any and all harmful content on social media with free speech.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

Gotcha thank you. So standard Gaslight Obstruct Project going on.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just so I got this clear, making it illegal to tell advertisers when their ads are running next to dangerous or illegal content is a freedom of speech win?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yes and it's pretty obvious how. I'm just waiting for my overlords to tell me exactly why it's obvious.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) is a cross-industry initiative established in 2019 by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to help the industry address the challenge of illegal or harmful content on digital media platforms and its monetization via advertising. https://wfanet.org/leadership/garm/about-garm

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So it shutting down because of this lawsuit is a bad thing. I wonder if the advertising industry will come up with anything to replace it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Brother if Elon Musk is for it you can go ahead and assume it's bad.