Why We've Just Sued the Government
Sharing A Statement from NewsGuard’s Co-Founders About Our Fight for Freedom of Speech
NewsGuard has always operated as an apolitical news organization that provides consumers and businesses with information about the reliability of online news sources.
We believe news consumers, companies, and advertisers should have access to this kind of apolitical journalism so that they can make their own informed decisions about which news to rely on or promote.
This morning, NewsGuard filed suit in federal district court seeking to enjoin the Federal Trade Commission and its chairman, Andrew Ferguson, from continuing an unprecedented year-long campaign to use government power to prevent NewsGuard from producing this journalism.
This campaign was instigated in large part by Newsmax, a publisher that has received a low reliability rating from NewsGuard and even includes a government order forbidding ad agency holding company Omnicom from doing business with NewsGuard.
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