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decision 2026-05-04

Amsterdam Just Started Enforcing the World's First Capital-City Ban on Meat and Fossil Fuel Ads.

Billboards for burgers, petrol cars, and budget flights went dark in Amsterdam on May 1. Industry groups are calling it censorship. The city is calling it alignment. Both are right about different things.

power 2026-04-13

The Boycott That Became a Federal Case

The FTC is in settlement talks with major ad agencies over whether they illegally coordinated to withhold ad spending from X. Whether or not the underlying conduct was illegal, the investigation itself tells you who has power at the FTC right now.