DOJ Backs Children’s Health Defense in Lawsuit Targeting Media's COVID Collusion

DOJ Backs Anti–COVID Group in Major Media Antitrust Suit

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest backing Children’s Health Defense (CHD) in its antitrust suit against major media outlets, including The Washington Post, BBC, AP, and Reuters. The DOJ argues that these organizations, through the Trusted News Initiative, may have colluded to suppress competing viewpoints on COVID‑19. CHD—founded by RFK Jr.—claims the coalition pressured tech platforms to demonetize and downrank it…

DOJ Backs Children’s Health Defense in Lawsuit Targeting Media's COVID Collusion

The argument in this case is that poorly-named Trusted News Initiative suppressed competition in the marketplace of ideas.

Antitrust and Collusion on Regulating Misinformation: Thoughts on the DOJ’s Statement of Interest

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed a statement of interest late last week in a private antitrust case brought against a number of major news publishers by, among others, the Children’s Health Defense—the organization previously chaired by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  Nominally, the DOJ’s statement can be distinguished from an amicus brief filed on behalf of or in support of a party, and …