From George Washington Uni. Professor (law) Jonathan Turley:
The GARMs Race: The House Moves Forward With its Investigation of Blacklisting Company
We have been discussing media rating systems being used to target advertisers and revenue sources for certain cites and companies. NewsGuard and the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) have been criticized as the most sophisticated components of a modern blacklisting system targeting conservative or dissenting voices. I recently had a series of exchanges with NewGuard after a critical column. Now, the House Judiciary Committee under Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is moving forward in demanding documents and records from leading companies utilizing the GARM system, a company that I have previously criticized. It is a welcomed effort for anyone who is concerned over the use of these blacklisting systems to curtail free speech. However, time is of the essence.
The demand to preserve evidence went to various companies, including Adidas, American Express, Bayer, BP, Carhartt, Chanel, CVS and General Motors.
In my new book, I discuss the rating systems as a new and insidious form of blacklisting.
It is an effort to strangle the financial life out of sites by targeting their donors and advertisers. This is where the left has excelled beyond anything that has come before in speech crackdowns....
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Recently, either at his blog or at The Hill:
The Most Chilling Words Today: I’m from NewsGuard and I am Here to Rate you
The good Professor is a constitutional law scholar with an emphasis on the first amendment
Where he comes down on the Norwegian author I am not sure. If interested, and who wouldn't be, see "How I Became a Knausgaard Truther" at the old Pacific Standard (since acquired by Grist)
