News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Pfizer is being sued again by U.S. states over false statements about its COVID-19 vaccine. But why is BioNTech not also in the frame, asks Robert Kogon. After all, it is the true owner and creator of the mRNA jab.
The Guardian has removed an article claiming that renewables are cheap following a complaint as the advertising watchdog ASA signals that false claims will not be tolerated.
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Advertisers have ganged up on new media, pushing a censorship agenda by withholding ad revenue. But now a new platform offers hope. Uncommon Ad Space seeks to connect advertisers with millions of new media users.
The U.K. Government has stopped advertising on Twitter, adding to Elon Musk's challenge of reversing declining revenues amidst a corporate exodus from the platform.
Sadiq Khan misled the public about the “benefits” of Ulez in radio and newspaper advertisements, a draft report from the advertising watchdog leaked to the Telegraph reveals.
In a mural mix-up, NatWest has painted a wall-sized picture of Marcus Rashford on an unsuspecting Brighton resident's home.
The U.K.’s top advertising firms are under scrutiny as they engage with the Conscious Advertising Network, which seeks to break the “economic link” between ads and “harmful content”.
Thousands of the world’s biggest brands are poised to abandon advertising on Twitter after a global media agency called it a "serious risk to brand safety", in the latest escalation in the war on free speech.
The Daily Sceptic had its best month ever in September, clocking up 2,210,060 page views. That brings our total since the site launched in April 2020 to 41,309,171. Not too shabby.
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