Social media and hate speech: Last year, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Hershey, Honda, Ford and others boycotted Facebook and other social media platforms by pausing advertising because they felt the social media companies weren't doing enough to remove hate speech. The boycott led to the repeal of the law in 2017. North Carolina 'bathroom bill': In 2016, the NCAA boycotted the state of North Carolina, and some state and local governments prevented their officials from traveling to North Carolina for business, because of a law limiting LGBTQ rights that included restrictions on which bathrooms people could use.

Here's a look at some prominent examples in history - recent and not so recent - how boycotts got started, and where the word comes from: Some Notable Examples These boycotts aren't coming out of nowhere, and one doesn't have to look far for similar ones. But that has been upended by the party's emphasis on cultural issues in the Trump era. It's quite the twist from what had been, for years, a lockstep relationship between corporate America and the Republican Party. Trump, meanwhile, has called for a boycott of what he derisively has called 'woke' companies, and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell warned of potentially 'serious consequences' for companies that weigh in on voting rules. Analysis With His Legacy In Mind, Biden Seeks U.S.

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