SENIOR Conservatives have been accused of being “anti-freedom” after calling for Rishi Sunak to intervene over an advertising “boycott” of…
Some advertisers have boycotted GB News, which features numerous Tory MPs as presenters including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lee Anderson
The 46-strong group accused Can of posing “a threat to freedom of speech and media plurality in this country”, saying it “intimidates and bullies companies into boycotting news outlets”, leading to “a media that does not reflect the diversity of views of modern Britain”. In a statement on Twitter, Can said: “The proposal for state intervention in the advertising industry called for in this letter is anti-freedom and anti-choice. Advertisers should be allowed to make commercial decisions that grow their brands and, by extension, the British“This means that hateful content and disinformation, wherever it is directed, is not commercially attractive for many.
The MPs said: “This ‘opt out’ – effectively a boycott – has been implemented via stealth without public scrutiny or regulatory oversight, and is leading to a two-tiered society, where ad agencies and brands are actively discriminating between consumers on the basis of their political views. This discrimination must not be allowed to take root.
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