Conservatives Lead Calls for Boycott of Disney+ After Musk Says Suspension of Ads on X Could ‘Bankrupt’ Company

Published on December 1, 2023

Conservatives are leading the way in calling for a boycott of Disney+ after billionaire businessman Elon Musk criticized Disney and a string of other companies for suspending advertising on his social media platform, X. Influential right-wing accounts such as End Wokeness, Libs of TikTok, and Zero Hedge urged people to boycott Disney’s streaming service Disney+ and Disney-owned Hulu and cancel their subscriptions amid reports that X is set to lose millions in advertising losses following the suspension. Corporations including Comcast, Disney, IBM, NBCUniversal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. promptly began pulling their advertisements from the platform after a report by left-wing media watchdog Media Matters accused X of failing to contain pro-Nazi content and hate speech....