House probe finds GARM drafted statements for its members to 'cease' spending on Twitter, referred to Trump support as a dangerous 'contagion.'

The advertising industry “cartel” that existed to censor online speech in the name of “brand safety” was directly involved in organizing the corporate boycott of Twitter after Elon Musk bought it, even working with foreign regulators to orchestrate its pressure campaign against the social media platform, a bombshell congressional investigation found.

The House Judiciary Committee released emails on Friday showing that the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, a now-defunct coalition created by the World Federation of Advertisers that used its control of the global advertising spending to bankrupt conservative publishers, was working with regulators in Europe and Australia to force Twitter, now X, to fall in line with its censorship demands.

...