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On November 21, 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a civil investigative demand (CID) against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), a subsidiary of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA).  The purpose of the CID is to find out whether advertisers or trade organizations have colluded to boycott social media platforms, such as Elon Musk's X (especially Twitter), by blocking ad-spend.

.The Basics of Reason

Ken Paxton argues that if WFA or GARM asked members to stay off social media platforms in the name of “brand safety,” and this was a collaborative action, it could transgress the 1983 Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act.Paxton states in a forceful manner:

It is impossible for businesses and trade groups to unite in order to stop advertising revenue from groups they wish to disparage.This approach is part of his wider ruling strategy, in which he seeks to defend competition and free speech in the Internet and ad-industry.

. GARM's Role and Musk's Angle

GARM, which was formed in 2019, was aimed at creating frameworks for brand safety and dealing with misinformation.However, in August 2024, Elon Musk's X launched an antitrust lawsuit against WFA, claiming that their platform was hurt by a "systematic illegal boycott" by their advertisers.

This lawsuit brought GARM back into the spotlight. According to Musk, advertisers "abruptly and in lockstep" halted their ads on X when GARM took coordinated action.

Paxton wanted internal communications, documents, etc., through this CID to find out if there was really a plan or if these were all voluntary and legitimate brand safety measures.

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. Confusion between WFA and GARM

WFA responded that GARM was a voluntary initiative whose policies were thinly pro‑competitive. GARM told TechCrunch:

The simple fact that GARM was always voluntary and pro-competitive remains uninfluenced.

Then, however, the operation was stopped—WFA closed GARM, most likely as a result of Musk's insistence.

. Legal and legal aspects

Congress is now also getting involved in Paxton’s investigation. The House Judiciary Committee collected evidence to investigate GARM’s practices. According to the Washington Examiner, this challenge has reached the national level through the Texas antitrust approach.

The underlying issue in this effort is whether multinationals can come together to harm a platform? Elon Musk praised Paxton’s stand:

> “It’s still a major problem.”

. WFA, GARM’s method and background

GARM had launched safety guidelines for dimension results after Christchurch 2019. But when brand safety was raised on major platforms, advertisers responded in a way that sparked a boycott of Musk's near-campaign. This brought the issue of antitrust and free speech dilemma to an end.

. The implication of this logic

Ad‑industry: If Paxton's case succeeds, global advertising bodies will have more hesitation to collectively avoid a platform.

Tech firms: Companies that depend on social media may find their revenue models subject to stricter review.

Legal precedent: Texas case could prove a model that other states or federal governments could replicate.

. Asar‑e‑Akhir: Free Speech vs Competition

The real point of this argument is not just harm to ads, but realised fairness and freedom of speech. Musk has repeatedly claimed that the mass boycott of advertisers has become a tool for content control on the platform. Paxton wants to enforce this narrative in the legal sense, so that companies make the right decisions when buying ads.

. Latest Update

As of now there has been no recent update on this argument, but Paxton has sought docs from WFA in this case.The matter is still pending even after GARM has been closed.   The outcome of court filings and internal communications in the coming days will determine whether this was a coordinated boycott or not.

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Paxton's "WFA-GARM civil investigative demand" is a bold move that defines the fine line between antitrust and free-speech. This argument could also become a legal test case in the USA. This could change the direction of both ad-industry accountability and advertising practice reforms.

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