Harry and Meghan will ‘target’ brands in support of Facebook boycott

A key figure behind the Stop Hate for Profit initiative has said that Harry and Meghan have asked which brands they can ‘target’ in support of the movement.  Stop Hate for Profit is calling on major companies to pull their advertising campaigns from Facebook until the social media giant takes action to stop the spread … Read more

Boycott of advertising on Facebook to force platform to remove hate speech ‘will go global’

A boycott of advertising on Facebook designed to get the social media platform to remove hate speech will next go global, say its organizers.  The ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign will now work on getting European companies to join the boycott and urge regulators to take a hard stand on Facebook. More than 160 companies … Read more

Starbucks pauses advertising on ALL social media while Pepsi joins boycott of Facebook

Starbucks has suspended all of its advertising on social media platforms while Pepsi becomes the latest brand to join a boycott of Facebook as more entities in corporate America express their support for a crackdown on hate speech online.  Starbucks Corp, the Seattle-based coffee chain, will pause advertising on all social media platforms as it … Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘are backing’ the boycott of Facebook advertising

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are backing the campaign #StopHateForProfit, which is calling for major companies to pull their advertising campaigns from Facebook until the social media giant takes action to stop the spread of hate speech, civil rights group NAACP has confirmed. The Baltimore-based civil rights organization, which was founded in 1909, took to Twitter … Read more

Angry viewers call for boycott of Maxine Peake over ‘anti-Semitic’ George Floyd link

Viewers have called for Maxine Peake to be boycotted after she shared an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about George Floyd’s death. Her remarks linking the American’s killing to the Israeli Secret Service was widely condemned and sparked a furore that saw Labour politician Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked. Last night there were calls for Peake, 45, to be … Read more

Verizon joins list of US companies to boycott Facebook over its failure to crack down on hate speech

Verizon has joined the growing list of US companies boycotting Facebook over its failure to crack down on hate speech, after one of its ads was reportedly posted next to a video ‘drawing on hateful and antisemitic rhetoric’ on the platform.  The telecomms firm announced Thursday it will pull ads from Facebook until the social … Read more

MasterChef fans threaten to boycott after a new promo suggests Reynold Poernomo will go home

MasterChef fans threaten to boycott the show after new promo suggests ‘dessert king’ Reynold Poernomo will go home on Sunday after messing up a sponge cake By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:10 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 01:10 BST, 25 June 2020 Things are set to heat up in the MasterChef … Read more

Big Brother Australia cast threaten to boycott Seven’s reboot in secret WhatsApp group 

Big Brother stars are ‘FUMING’ over their ‘cruel edits’ as they threaten to boycott the reality show in a secret WhatsApp group chat By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:10 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 23:43 BST, 21 June 2020 When Big Brother is always watching… create a secret WhatsApp group. At … Read more

Social media users threaten to BOYCOTT Sainsbury’s after the removal of Robert Milligan statue

Angry social media users have threatened to boycott Sainsbury’s after a statue of slave owner Robert Milligan was torn down in London’s docklands yesterday. The hashtag #boycottSainsburys appeared on Twitter after the statue was uprooted from its spot on West India Quay outside the Museum of London Docklands.  Twitter users accused Lord Sainsbury, whose charity supports the … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Why boycott Roman Polanski’s new film?

Famous Polish film director Roman Polanski is a very wicked man. Or, to be more precise, 43 years ago he did a very wicked thing. By his own admission, he engaged in unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, Samantha Jane Gailey, now Geimer, in Los Angeles. She claimed in court that she had been … Read more