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including boycotts of disfavored social
media platforms, podcasts, and news outlets.3 Accordingly, to inform the Committee’s oversight
and potential legislative remedies, we write to ask Adidas Group to preserve documents and
provide information.

Beginning as an initiative of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), GARM was
founded to “create a more sustainable and responsible digital environment that protects
consumers, the media industry, and society as a result.”4 Additionally, GARM claims to utilize its
cross-industry “uncommon collaboration” to “effectively reduce the availability and monetization of harmful content.”5 However, the Committee’s oversight has shown that GARM
has deviated far from its original intent, and has collectively used its immense market power to
demonetize voices and viewpoints the group disagrees with—even intervening in situations that
do not have a so-called “brand safety” concern.6 A copy of the Committee’s report detailing this
collusion is attached for your reference.

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