( May 20, 2025, 16:25 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission has hit Media Matters with an investigative subpoena that commands the nonprofit content watchdog to produce detailed information about its evaluation of hate speech and misinformation on social media. The FTC ordered Media Matters to produce "any list produced, licensed, sold, or otherwise provided by Media Matters to any third party that evaluates or categorizes any news, media, sources, outlets, platforms, websites, or other content publisher entities by credibility, the presence of hate or misinformation, or any other categorical metric maintained by Media Matters."See attached document....
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