Linda Yaccarino never had an easy job at X. The social media platform's CEO was always overshadowed by its owner, Elon Musk, whose activities made it more difficult for her to lure advertisers. But now she's gone.

X faces an "uncertain future" in the wake of Yaccarino's "abrupt resignation" last week, said Axios. She left her job the day after the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, started "promoting antisemitic tropes and offensive language" that drew widespread condemnation. Yaccarino was originally brought into the company to "rehabilitate X's ad business," but Musk's "disdain for the ad business" made her job much more challenging. 

Yaccarino tried to make X a "global town square," said The Guardian. But instead of attracting "mainstream talent," X has "largely become a megaphone" for Musk. And instead of attracting advertisers, X has reportedly "resorted to threats of lawsuits" against companies that were reluctant to buy ads.

What did the commentators say?
Even without Musk's activities or Grok's temporary transformation into "MechaHitler," Yaccarino had many "moral and professional" reasons to leave, said Dave Lee at Bloomberg. Most significant: Her "clear absence from important decision-making" within X made her a CEO "without power or respect." 

She can "claim some successes," said The Economist. X's ad revenue was starting to grow again, though it "remains well below its pre-Musk level." And while the platform's audience has declined, it has not "collapsed as many predicted." X achieved at least one of Musk's goals: The platform now airs a "broader range of views" than before his purchase. The Grok incident, however, proved the range to be "a little too wide."

What next?
It's currently unknown who might replace Yaccarino at X, said The Wall Street Journal. Musk appears to be unhappy with the company's progress. X's "user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we are barely breaking even," he reportedly said in a January email to employees. 

Advertisers are "silent" after the Grok incident and Yaccarino's departure, said NBC News. The ex-CEO "kept brands' exodus from X from being worse," but it's unlikely they will want to return soon. The social media universe looks a lot different now.

The next time you see a "Made in the USA" label on a product, you may want to think twice about its accuracy. The Federal Trade Commission has been cracking down on what it calls "deceptive" claims of products being manufactured in the U.S. that are actually made overseas. And it has been pushing for more transparency against this kind of business practice and even dubbed July "Made in the USA" month. 

Why are companies doing this?
Many companies place a "Made in the USA" label on items (whether they are made in the U.S. or not) to entice buyers. This label "provides consumers with confidence that when they buy something that says 'Made in the USA' they are actually supporting American workers, American manufacturers and American communities," said FTC Chair Andrew N. Ferguson in a press release. 

And these labels do play a part in the kinds of products Americans buy. A recent poll found that "61% of Americans stated that whether a product was 'Made in the USA' played a factor in their purchasing decisions," said the FTC, though the agency did not cite what poll it was referring to. Many Americans may "believe that American-made goods are higher quality and better for the environment than foreign-produced alternatives."

How is the FTC fighting back?
The agency is working to enforce its guidelines around "Made in the USA" products. To use this label, the FTC has "required that a product advertised as Made in the USA be 'all or virtually all' made in the U.S.," according to the agency's product standards. 

This means either that the "final assembly or processing takes place in the U.S. or that all 'significant' processing takes place in the U.S.," said USA Today. Products "with 'all or virtually all' components made and sourced in the U.S. also qualify." Figuring out whether a product is made in the U.S. "can be tricky" and is "often determined on a case-by-case basis."

The FTC warned Amazon and Walmart after it reportedly "learned of several instances where third-party sellers falsely claimed their products were made in the United States," said Reuters. The agency has said that some products are not truly made in the U.S. and "violate federal law."