The FTC requested from the group records of communications with other watchdogs, including the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, which is also being sued by Musk, Reuters reported, citing a document it viewed.

It’s clear that’s exactly what’s happening here, given Media Matters’ history of holding those same figures to account,’ Media Matters president Angelo Carusone said in reaction to the probe

Musk is suing the watchdog group over a 2023 report showing that ads were placed next to racist and antisemitic Twitter/X accounts