FTC in settlement talks with ad companies in boycott probe

April 12, 2026

Wall Street Journal: As part of the proposed resolution, several major ad firms, including Dentsu, Publicis and WPP, would commit not to direct clients’ ad budgets away from media platforms based on political content that might appear on those sites, according to people familiar with the matter. Individual advertisers can still choose to avoid specific sites for their ads, some of the people said…