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Trump’s FTC will approve an ad merger — with a gift to Elon Musk’s X

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The all-Republican FTC agreed to approve a $13.5 billion ad merger if it includes a ban on steering ad dollars away from platforms or publishers based on “political or ideological viewpoints” The order would prevent Omnicom from wholesale avoiding platforms like X based on their political viewpoints without explicit direction from its advertisers.