Category: boycott

Women’s Tennis Tour Ends Peng Shuai-Inspired China Boycott

The women’s professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing on Thursday, April 13, the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking government official there of sexual assault. WTA Chairman and CEO Steve…


Cancel Donnie Yen: Netizens Calls for Boycott of John Wicks Star After Calling Hong Kong Protesters Rioters, and Supporting CCP’s Human Rights Abuse

Hong Kong martial art movie star Donnie Yen, appointed as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, faces backlash for his political comments in an exclusive interview with GQ Hype on Feb. 28. In response to Yen’s comments, Hong Kong netizens organized a petition to urge the Oscars to…


Netizens Call for Boycott of John Wicks Star Donnie Yen After Calling Hong Kong Protesters Rioters, and Supporting CCP’s Human Rights Abuse

Hong Kong martial art movie star Donnie Yen, appointed as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, faces backlash for his political comments in an exclusive interview with GQ Hype on Feb. 28. In response to Yen’s comments, Hong Kong netizens organized a petition to urge the Oscars to…


San Francisco Mulls End to Red-State Boycott That Hurt Its Finances

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors may soon pull its boycott on conservative red states after the move backfired and hurt the city’s finances as it begins to deal with budget shortfalls. The 2016 ban on municipally funded travel and contracting failed to have any impact on those states’ policies and has caused the city’s…


NTD News Today (Jan. 5): Kari Lake Files 2 Appeals in Election Case; Biden to Visit Border, Give Security Speech

Former Arizona candidate for Governor Kari Lake filed two appeals on Wednesday. They address an election lawsuit she filed last month. President Biden says he plans to give a border security speech Thursday — and to visit the Southern border next week. The border visit will come during his trip to the North American leaders’ Summit…


Ad Agency Contracted by Feds Says Don’t Buy Twitter Ads: Report

Cosette, a Quebec-based marketing agency that officially purchases advertising for the federal government, has reportedly advised the feds to pause media buying on Twitter, citing mass layoffs and public relations concerns, after the social media platform was purchased by Elon Musk. According to an internal document sent from Cosette and reported on by CBC News, the…


Elon Musk Threatens to ‘Name and Shame’ Advertisers Boycotting Twitter

Elon Musk has threatened to “name and shame” brands that have either vocally or quietly pulled their ads from Twitter following Musk’s takeover of the social media platform and firing of around half of its staff. Barely a week into his ownership of Twitter, which he has called a “digital town square” where a broad…


Republican Governors Call for Boycott of Retail Russian Products Like Vodka

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered boycotts in the United States, with governors of four states seeking to limit the sale of Russian products, mostly vodka. “I’ve asked the members of the Texas Restaurant Association, Texas Package Stores Association & all Texas retailers to voluntarily remove all Russian products from their shelves. Texas stands with…


GOP Governors Call for Retail Boycott of Russian Products Including Vodka

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered boycotts in the United States, with governors of four states seeking to limit the sale of Russian products, including vodka. “I’ve asked the members of the Texas Restaurant Association, Texas Package Stores Association & all Texas retailers to voluntarily remove all Russian products from their shelves. Texas stands with…


Conservatives End Boycott of Parliament’s National Security Committee

OTTAWA—The federal Conservatives are ending their boycott of a special national security and intelligence committee made up of MPs and senators. Interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen announced the reversal this afternoon, saying Tory MPs Michelle Rempel Garner and Rob Morrison will represent the party on the committee. The move came two months after then-Conservative leader…