People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sued the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), charging that it blocked three PETA ads on the system because of a
rule that prohibits “advertisements intended to influence members of the public regarding an issue on which there are varying opinions.” The complaint states, “For reasons
unknown to PETA, but that seem to only be explicable as stemming from a deeply held ideological bias against what it perceives as PETA's underlying mission WMATA, under the leadership of Defendant
Randy Clarke, appears to have instituted a blanket ban on any ads from PETA.”
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