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I always thought the pretenses for this lawsuit were extremely thin.

Now that I see GARM was shuttered as a result of financial pressures from the lawsuit, I believe this was this was actually the goal all along. It didn’t matter that the reason was flimsy. It just had to pass muster.

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What I don't understand and perhaps someone could clarify: does this stop the lawsuit? Do they hope it will? If it doesn't stop it, why discontinue GARM at all, what difference does it make?

I am guessing they will make an argument the lawsuit is now moot and seek to get it dismissed before damaging information comes out through the legal process. For example imagine a witness on stand sharing how there was indeed collusion between competitors in advertising, with the goal of suppressing political speech broadly in our democratic society, all coordinated by hiding the collusion via a nonprofit they all work with. It would be a huge scandal and make it very clear that these companies are too big and powerful and untrustworthy.

I think they were shuttered because they realized that the lawsuit had legal merit. Shutting down the operation was the simplest way to limit liability.

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