February 24, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission is pushing back on NewsGuard's bid to stop the agency's investigation into what it called digital advertising collusion, arguing that the news-rating organization cannot show the antitrust investigation is retaliatory and alleging the company mischaracterized FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson's remarks in its motion for a preliminary injunction.
February 06, 2026
News-rating organization NewsGuard took aim Friday at a Federal Trade Commission settlement barring merging ad-buying giants from doing business with it, challenging that deal and an FTC subpoena in a D.C. federal court lawsuit alleging that both are "part of a broader retaliatory campaign" against NewsGuard and other sites.