联邦法官以可能的报复动机, 停止密苏里AG调查媒体事务。 Federal judge halts Missouri AG's probe into Media Matters, citing possible retaliatory motive.
一名联邦法官已命令密苏里州总检察长安德鲁·贝利（Andrew Bailey）停止对 Media Matters for America 的调查，理由是 Media Matters 声称该调查是报复性的，这有可能成功。 A federal judge has ordered Missouri's Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, to halt his investigation into Media Matters for America, citing a likelihood of success in Media Matters' claim that the investigation was retaliatory. 调查源于Elon MuskX平台在Twitter上的亲纳粹内容旁边张贴广告的报告。 The investigation stemmed from a report on ads placed by Elon Musk's X platform appearing next to pro-Nazi content on Twitter. 美国区法官Amit P. Mehta指出,当国家行为者利用密苏里州执行消费者保护法来报复媒体组织受保护的言论时,密苏里州必须放弃对执行消费者保护法的兴趣。 U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta stated that Missouri's interest in enforcing consumer protection laws must give way when a state actor uses them to retaliate against a media organization for protected speech.