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That anti-Tesla Super Bowl ad just got the wrong kind of attention from the NTSB


The National Transportation Safety Board ordered a group to stop using its seal after it appeared in a Super Bowl ad touting a Tesla boycott.

The National Transportation Safety Board, a U.S. government agency that investigates crashes, has ordered the Dawn Project organization to stop using its seal after it appeared in a Super Bowl ad that called for consumers to boycott Tesla. NTSB General Counsel William McMurry Jr. called the use unlawful and noted the commercial has also been posted to the group’s webpage and YouTube page. “Due to the nature of our work and the need to be unambiguously independent from commercial interests, we strive to protect the international reputation of the NTSB by preventing unapproved use of our seal,” the letter reads.

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