3 Aug, 2021, 4 minutes to read
Voices For Freedom billboard ads, similar to this one, were taken down by a media company because of the group’s past views on Covid-19 and its vaccine. Photo / SuppliedBy: Adam Pearse
Multimedia reporter, NZ Herald[email protected]
An organisation known for its anti-vaccine messaging has had its advertising pulled from one company’s Auckland billboards.
Voices For Freedom, the group behind a national leaflet drop containing disinformation about the Pfizer vaccine, paid to advertise its view on the status of free speech in New Zealand.
The group’s ads, which appeared in half a dozen different variations, were shown on about four digital billboards in Auckland, managed by media company LUMO Digital Outdoor – including two attached to the Radio New Zealand building.
The ads were up on LUMO’s billboards for about three hours on Monday morning before they were taken down.
Voices For Freedom co-founder Claire Deeks said she was “deeply disappointed” by LUMO’s decision.
“They are paying lip service to a fundamental right and ignoring the voice of thousands of New Zealanders.”
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