GB News: A timeline of everything that went wrong in the first days after launch

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It's been quite the week over at GB News 😬

Website crashes on third day leaving viewers unable to watch live stream

and mobile phones with a message about a Google technical issue, happening while reporter Rosie Wright was in the middle of an interview in Newcastle discussing the delayed Freedom Day.among the first brands to pull their adverts from airingA number of Twitter accounts listed the brands that advertised on GB News in its first day, including Boots, Cadbury’s, Deliveroo, Facebook, Ikea, Kellogg’s and Nivea, and called for a boycott of the companies.

“IKEA has not knowingly advertised on GB News. We have safeguards in place to prevent our advertising from appearing on platforms that are not in line with our humanistic values and vision to side with the many people.Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We want to make it clear to everyone that our ad ran on this channel without our knowledge or consent.

 

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And yet this kind of stunt draws more publicity for the service.

Don't agree with them whatsoever, but what ever happened to free speech? You think it's wrong therefore it is?

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