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|[[Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922)|Non-cooperation movement]] | |[[Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922)|Non-cooperation movement]] | ||
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| 1920 || || [[Overalls]] producers || High cost of clothing || [[Overall clothing boycott movement]] || | |||
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| -1927 || American Jews || [[Ford Motor Company]] || Antisemitism by [[Henry Ford]] in [[The Dearborn Independent]] || || | | -1927 || American Jews || [[Ford Motor Company]] || Antisemitism by [[Henry Ford]] in [[The Dearborn Independent]] || || | ||
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| 2019 || Residents of [[Louisiana]] || [[National Football League]]<br />[[CBS Sports]] || Negligence in rules enforcement that kept the [[New Orleans Saints]] out of [[Super Bowl LIII]] || [[2018 NFC Championship Game]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/saints/2019/02/super-bowl-ratings-plummet-as-who-dats-strike-back.html|title=Super Bowl ratings plummet as Who Dats strike back|first=Mike|last=Scott|work=New Orleans Times-Picayune|date=February 4, 2019|access-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref> | | 2019 || Residents of [[Louisiana]] || [[National Football League]]<br />[[CBS Sports]] || Negligence in rules enforcement that kept the [[New Orleans Saints]] out of [[Super Bowl LIII]] || [[2018 NFC Championship Game]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/saints/2019/02/super-bowl-ratings-plummet-as-who-dats-strike-back.html|title=Super Bowl ratings plummet as Who Dats strike back|first=Mike|last=Scott|work=New Orleans Times-Picayune|date=February 4, 2019|access-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref> | ||
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|2023 | |||
|Various subreddits | |||
|[[Reddit]] | |||
|Reddit's intentions to charge for its API service | |||
|[[Reddit API controversy]] | |||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Jon |date=June 5, 2023 |title=Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23749188/reddit-subreddit-private-protest-api-changes-apollo-charges |access-date=June 17, 2023 |work=[[The Verge]] |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617041452/https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23749188/reddit-subreddit-private-protest-api-changes-apollo-charges |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Jay |date=June 10, 2023 |title=Some subreddits are already going dark |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/9/23756034/some-subreddits-are-already-going-dark |access-date=June 17, 2023 |work=[[The Verge]] |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617050548/https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/9/23756034/some-subreddits-are-already-going-dark |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TheVergePledge">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/10/23756476/reddit-protest-api-changes-apollo-third-party-apps |title=Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddit CEO's recent remarks |date=June 10, 2023 |last=Peters |first=Jay |work=[[The Verge]] |access-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617040257/https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/10/23756476/reddit-protest-api-changes-apollo-third-party-apps |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23755974/reddit-subreddits-going-dark-private-protest-api-changes |title=More than 7,000 subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit's API changes |date=June 12, 2023 |last1=Peters |first1=Jay |last2=Porter |first2=Jon |work=[[The Verge]] |access-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617040158/https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/12/23755974/reddit-subreddits-going-dark-private-protest-api-changes |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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| 2024 || Social media users, primarily [[TikTok]]ers || Various celebrities and social media influencers || Support for [[Israel]] in, or lack of action over, the [[Gaza war]] || [[Blockout 2024]] || | | 2024 || Social media users, primarily [[TikTok]]ers || Various celebrities and social media influencers || Support for [[Israel]] in, or lack of action over, the [[Gaza war]] || [[Blockout 2024]] || | ||
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|2025 | |2025 | ||
|[[ | |[[Dave Portnoy]] (withdrew), [[Christian McCaffrey]], [[Nick Bosa|Cheryl Bosa]], [[Bills Mafia]] | ||
|[[National Football League]]<br/>[[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] | |[[National Football League]]<br/>[[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] | ||
|Alleged [[match fixing]] and officiating misconduct in favor of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], particularly in the [[2024 AFC Championship Game]] | |Alleged [[match fixing]] and officiating misconduct in favor of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], particularly in the [[2024 AFC Championship Game]] | ||
|[[Super Bowl LIX#Boycott|Super Bowl LIX boycott]] | |[[Super Bowl LIX#Boycott|Super Bowl LIX boycott]] | ||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nalepinski |first=Kate |date=2025-01-28 |title=Petition calls for boycott of NFL games because of Kansas City Chiefs bias |url=https://www.newsweek.com/nfl-super-bowl-lix-2025-boycott-chiefs-eagles-2021760 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> | |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nalepinski |first=Kate |date=2025-01-28 |title=Petition calls for boycott of NFL games because of Kansas City Chiefs bias |url=https://www.newsweek.com/nfl-super-bowl-lix-2025-boycott-chiefs-eagles-2021760 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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|2025 | |||
|Roblox users | |||
|[[Roblox]] (specifically The Hatch) | |||
|The Hatch's inclusion of TheOfficialTeddy. | |||
|[[Child safety on Roblox]] | |||
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-04 |title=Why are Roblox players saying no to The Hatch? #BoycottTheHatch controversy explained |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/esports/news/why-are-roblox-players-saying-no-to-the-hatch-boycottthehatch-controversy-explained/articleshow/122253237.cms |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cripe |first=Michael |date=2025-07-03 |title=Roblox #BoycottTheHatch Controversy Explained |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/roblox-boycottthehatch-controversy-explained |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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| 2011 || [[LGBT]] groups || [[Chick-fil-A]] || Chick-fil-A's CEO's support of politicians who oppose same-sex marriage || [[Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Feb11/Art_Feb11_17.html |last=Arnold |first=Lori |title=Chick-fil-A target of gay rights' boycott |newspaper=[[Christian Examiner (California)|Christian Examiner]] |date=February 2011 |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704085155/https://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Feb11/Art_Feb11_17.html |archive-date=4 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | | 2011 || [[LGBT]] groups || [[Chick-fil-A]] || Chick-fil-A's CEO's support of politicians who oppose same-sex marriage || [[Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Feb11/Art_Feb11_17.html |last=Arnold |first=Lori |title=Chick-fil-A target of gay rights' boycott |newspaper=[[Christian Examiner (California)|Christian Examiner]] |date=February 2011 |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704085155/https://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Feb11/Art_Feb11_17.html |archive-date=4 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
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|2012 | |2012 | ||
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|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/20/jane-goodall-peter-gabriel-air-france-stop-monkeys-transport|title= Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeys |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> | |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/20/jane-goodall-peter-gabriel-air-france-stop-monkeys-transport|title= Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeys |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| 2013 || Ecuadorian president [[Rafael Correa]] and various others || [[Chevron Corporation]] || Failure to adequately clean up widespread [[Oil spill|oil pollution]] in the [[Ecuadorian Amazon]] from its former [[Texaco]] operations ||[[Lago Agrio oil field]] || <ref>[ | | 2013 || Ecuadorian president [[Rafael Correa]] and various others || [[Chevron Corporation]] || Failure to adequately clean up widespread [[Oil spill|oil pollution]] in the [[Ecuadorian Amazon]] from its former [[Texaco]] operations ||[[Lago Agrio oil field]] || <ref>[https://www.abs-cbn.com/global-filipino/world/09/17/13/ecuadors-correa-calls-chevron-boycott Ecuador's Correa calls for Chevron boycott, Agence France Presse, September 17, 2003 Retrieved 22 August 2017]</ref> | ||
<ref>[http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/berkeley-resolution.pdf City of Berkeley, Peace and Justice Commission, Action Calendar, January 29, 2008, Retrieved 22 August 2017]</ref> | <ref>[http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/berkeley-resolution.pdf City of Berkeley, Peace and Justice Commission, Action Calendar, January 29, 2008, Retrieved 22 August 2017]</ref> | ||
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|2025 | |2025 | ||
|The People's Union USA, and other | |The People's Union USA, and other organizations | ||
|Various companies, including [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Target Corporation|Target]] and [[Walmart]] | |Various companies, including [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Target Corporation|Target]] and [[Walmart]] | ||
|Reversal of [[diversity, equity and inclusion]] policies, the [[Department of Government Efficiency]]'s actions in the United States federal government and corporate greed in general | |Reversal of [[diversity, equity and inclusion]] policies, the [[Department of Government Efficiency]]'s actions in the United States federal government and corporate greed in general | ||
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|2025 | |2025 | ||
|Nintendo consumers | |Nintendo consumers | ||
|[[Nintendo]] ([[Nintendo Switch 2]]) | |[[Nintendo]] (specifically [[Nintendo Switch 2]]) | ||
|Accusations of corporate greed and [[anti-consumerism]] after revealing the Nintendo Switch 2's price | |Accusations of corporate greed and [[anti-consumerism]] after revealing the Nintendo Switch 2's price | ||
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|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Saqib |title=Nintendo Switch 2 comes under fire as gamers call for boycott over high prices|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-gamers-boycott-console-high-price-b1220588.html |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=3 April 2025}}</ref> | |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Saqib |title=Nintendo Switch 2 comes under fire as gamers call for boycott over high prices|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-gamers-boycott-console-high-price-b1220588.html |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=3 April 2025}}</ref> | ||
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|2025 | |||
|Various YouTubers and privacy experts | |||
|[[Google]] (specifically [[YouTube]]) | |||
|Google's enforcement of "[[Age verification system|age assurance]]" policies for selected users | |||
|[[Criticism of Google]] | |||
|<ref name="WebProNews">{{Cite news |last=Sterling |first=Eric |date=2025-08-12 |title=YouTube Launches AI Age Verification Amid Creator Privacy Backlash |url=https://www.webpronews.com/youtube-launches-ai-age-verification-amid-creator-privacy-backlash/ |work=Web Pro News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Belanger |first=Ashley |date=2025-08-12 |title=YouTube backlash begins: "Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?" |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/50k-youtubers-rage-against-ai-spying-that-could-expose-identities/ |work=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref> | |||
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|2025 | |||
|Various | |||
|[[Roblox]] | |||
|Roblox's ban of and threats to sue [[Schlep (Youtuber)|Schlep]] amidst concerns of [[Child safety on Roblox|child safety]] on the platform | |||
|[[Roblox–Schlep controversy]] | |||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hales |first=Adam |date=August 12, 2025 |title=Roblox Faces Backlash for Banning YouTuber Who Aimed to Expose Platform Predators — and Threatens Legal Action |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/roblox-faces-backlash-for-banning-youtuber-who-aimed-to-expose-platform-predators-and-threatens-legal-action |website=[[Windows Central]]}}</ref> | |||
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|2025 | |||
|Numerous people and other organizations | |||
|[[The Walt Disney Company]] (specifically [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[Nexstar Media Group]] and [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] | |||
|Indefinite suspension of ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' following statements made regarding the [[MAGA movement]]'s reaction to the [[assassination of Charlie Kirk]] | |||
| [[Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!|Suspension of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'']] | |||
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banerjee |first=Shamik |date=September 17, 2025 |title='Boycott ABC and Disney': Suspension of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' over Charlie Kirk row sparks backlash |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/boycott-abc-and-disney-suspension-of-jimmy-kimmel-live-over-charlie-kirk-row-sparks-backlash-101758154406371.html |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bythrow |first=Nick |date=September 18, 2025 |title=Disney Faces Boycott From Major Stars & Creators After Jimmy Kimmel Cancellation |url=https://screenrant.com/jimmy-kimmel-cancelled-disney-boycott-abc/ |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Shahin |first=Krys |date=September 19, 2025 |title=Celebrities, politicians encourage Disney+ users to cancel subscriptions, boycott ABC after suspending Kimmel |url=https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/users-boycott-disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel-fallout/507-6740b9d2-e7ee-4c7c-9911-3f2eab002b30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920225525/https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/users-boycott-disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel-fallout/507-6740b9d2-e7ee-4c7c-9911-3f2eab002b30 |archive-date=September 20, 2025 |access-date=September 20, 2025 |website=[[WCNC-TV|WCNC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Blancafor |first=Saleah |date=September 19, 2025 |title=People are boycotting Disney, Hulu, and ESPN after ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel off the air. Will it work? |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91407226/disney-boycott-will-cancelling-hulu-abc-espn-work |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919215112/https://www.fastcompany.com/91407226/disney-boycott-will-cancelling-hulu-abc-espn-work |archive-date=September 19, 2025 |access-date=September 20, 2025 |website=[[Fast Company]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Reed|first=Brad|url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/boycott-disney-jimmy-kimmel|title=Calls to Boycott Disney Explode After ABC Submits to FCC Threats by Ousting Jimmy Kimmel|website=[[Common Dreams]]|date=September 19, 2025|access-date=September 20, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920230933/https://www.commondreams.org/news/boycott-disney-jimmy-kimmel|archive-date=September 20, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chandonnet |first1=Henry |last2=Faris |first2=James |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/cancel-disney-plus-boycott-hulu-espn-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-2025-9 |title='We vote with our dollars': People are boycotting Disney and canceling their streaming subscriptions |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=September 19, 2025 |access-date=September 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920015345/https://www.businessinsider.com/cancel-disney-plus-boycott-hulu-espn-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-2025-9 |archive-date=September 20, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="desertsun2025">{{cite web |last=Barraza |first=Paris |date=September 18, 2025 |title=Calls to boycott Disney, ABC after Jimmy Kimmel show suspension |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/2025/09/18/calls-for-abc-disney-boycott-over-jimmy-kimmel-show-suspension/86217988007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920230026/https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/2025/09/18/calls-for-abc-disney-boycott-over-jimmy-kimmel-show-suspension/86217988007/ |archive-date=September 20, 2025 |access-date=September 20, 2025 |website=[[The Desert Sun|Desert Sun]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Eddy |first=Cheryl |url=https://gizmodo.com/jimmy-kimmel-disney-boycotts-damon-lindelof-tatiana-maslany-2000661128 |title=Creatives and Disney+ Subscribers Call for Boycotts Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension |website=[[Gizmodo]] |date=September 18, 2025 |access-date=September 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918225755/https://gizmodo.com/jimmy-kimmel-disney-boycotts-damon-lindelof-tatiana-maslany-2000661128 |archive-date=September 18, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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|2025 | |||
|Various | |||
|[[Microsoft]] (specifically the [[Xbox Game Pass]]) | |||
|Price hikes of the [[Xbox Game Pass]] and corporate greed in general | |||
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|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=October 1, 2025 |title=Cancellations, Anger, and Frantic Subscription Stacking — the Internet Reacts to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass Price Hike |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/cancellations-anger-and-frantic-subscription-stacking-the-internet-reacts-to-microsofts-xbox-game-pass-price-hike |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> | |||
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|2025 | |||
|American conservatives | |||
|[[Netflix]] (specifically ''[[Dead End: Paranormal Park]]'') | |||
|Netflix's support of [[LGBTQ]] characters | |||
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|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Elon Musk Wages All-Out Netflix Cancellation War Over Streamer's Alleged Woke Bias and Kids Shows With LGBTQ+ Characters |url=https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/elon-musk-cancel-netflix-war-kids-shows-trans-lgbtq-characters-1236537089/ |access-date=October 3, 2025 |work=Variety |date=October 2, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title='Dead End: Paranormal Park' Creator Receiving 'Homophobic and Antisemitic Emails' After Elon Musk Says 'Cancel Netflix' Due to Show's Trans Character |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/elon-musk-cancel-netflix-dead-end-paranormal-park-trans-story-1236536129/ |access-date=October 1, 2025 |work=Variety |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> | |||
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|2025 | |||
|Various | |||
|[[Spotify]] | |||
|Spotify running recruitment advertisements from [[United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]] | |||
|[[Criticism of Spotify]] | |||
|<ref name="Newsweek: Users vow to boycott Spotify">{{cite web | title=Users vow to boycott Spotify after streamer runs ICE recruitment ad | website=[[Newsweek]] | date=14 October 2025 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/users-vow-to-boycott-spotify-after-streamer-runs-ice-recruitment-ad-10878788 }}</ref> | |||
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|2025 | |||
|Numerous people and other organizations | |||
|[[The Walt Disney Company]] | |||
|Usage of Generative A.I. and VFX techniques | |||
|[[Criticism of the Walt Disney Company]] | |||
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=Disney Is About To Embrace Generative AI—And The Internet Is Furious |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/11/16/disney-is-about-to-embrace-generative-ai-and-the-internet-is-furious/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |work=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=2025-11-16 |title=‘The Owl House’ Creator Dana Terrace Urges Fans To “Unsubscribe” From Disney+ Over AI User-Generated Content: “I Don’t Care” |url=https://deadline.com/2025/11/the-owl-house-creator-unsubscribe-disney-ai-content-1236619602/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Abigail |date=2025-11-14 |title=Disney Creator Urges Disney+ Users To Cancel Subscriptions & Pirate Their Streaming Series |url=https://screenrant.com/disney-plus-ai-content-cancel-subscriptions-dana-terrace/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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|2025 | |||
|Numerous people and other organizations | |||
|[[Paramount Skydance]] (specifically [[CBS]]) | |||
|Censorship of the episode ''[[60 Minutes]]'' episode "Inside CECOT" | |||
|[[Inside CECOT]] | |||
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rhodes |first=Christopher |date=2025-12-22 |title=’60 Minutes’ Viewers Call For Boycott After Segment On Trump’s Deportations To CECOT Pulled |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/60-minutes-viewers-call-boycott-172032095.html |work=[[Yahoo News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rhodes |first=Christopher |date=2025-12-22|title=’60 Minutes’ Fans Slam CBS News After Bari Weiss Yanks Trump Deportations Segment |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1235375/60-minutes-boycott-cbs-news-bari-weiss-trump/ |work=TV Insider}}</ref> | |||
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|2025-2026 | |||
|[[Iceland]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Slovenia]] and [[Spain]] | |||
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2026]] | |||
|[[Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026|Israel's participation]] | |||
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|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=2025-12-10 |title=Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwy9n786n0o |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> | |||
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This is a list of boycotts.
Past
| Time frame | Participants | Target | Cause | Main article | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1769 | Philadelphia merchants First Continental Congress |
Great Britain | Opposition to colonial taxation without representation | Continental Association | |
| 1848 | Milan | Austria | Austrian state monopolies | Five Days of Milan | |
| 1880 | Irish Land League | Charles Boycott (origin of the term boycott) |
Desired land reform in Ireland | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| 1891 | Iranian Shia | United Kingdom | The Shah's granting of a tobacco monopoly to Britain | Tobacco Protest | |
| 1891-1950 | Australian unionists and local residents | Local publicans and hotels around Australia | Poor wages and conditions for staff in hotels and the high cost of alcohol, accommodation and food | [1] | |
| 1902 | Jews in New York City | Kosher meat products | Price increases causing unaffordability | 1902 kosher meat boycott | |
| 1904–1906 | China | United States | The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1902, an extension of the original Act of 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act | [2][3] | |
| 1905-1907 | Indian National Congress Indian independence movement |
British Raj | Opposition to the partition of Bengal and a desire for Indian economic independence | Swadeshi movement | [4] |
| 1912 | Tunisia | Compagnie des tramways de Tunis, all Italian businesses in Tunis | Young Tunisians | Tunis Tram Boycott | |
| 1919 | China | Japan | May Fourth Movement | Chinese boycotts of Japanese products | |
| 1919-1922 | Indian National Congress | British Raj | Opposition to the Rowlett Act and demands for self-rule | Non-cooperation movement | |
| 1920 | Overalls producers | High cost of clothing | Overall clothing boycott movement | ||
| -1927 | American Jews | Ford Motor Company | Antisemitism by Henry Ford in The Dearborn Independent | ||
| 1930-1934 | Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru |
British Raj | Demands for Indian independence | Civil disobedience movement | |
| March 1933 | American Jewish Congress International critics of Nazism |
Nazi Germany | Antisemitism in Nazi Germany | Anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 | |
| April 1933 | Nazi Germany | German Jews | Anti-Nazi boycotts | Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses | |
| 1941–1951 | Iraq | Iraqi Jews | Farhud | [5] | |
| 1942-1945 | Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru |
British Raj | Demands for Indian independence | Quit India | |
| 1948 | Nii Kwabena Bonne III | Association of West African Merchants | Price inflation | 1948 Accra riots | |
| 1950 | Soviet Union | United Nations | The UN not recognising the People's Republic of China as 'China' | Soviet Union boycott of the United Nations | |
| 1955–1968 | African Americans | Various | Racial segregation in the United States | Civil Rights Movement Montgomery bus boycott |
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| 1961–1983 | West Berlin | Berlin S-Bahn | East German operation of the S-Bahn | Berlin S-Bahn | |
| United Farm Workers | Grapes and lettuce in retail grocery stores | Labor disputes | Delano grape strike | ||
| 1960s–1990 | Various academics | South African universities | Apartheid | Academic boycott of South Africa | |
| Various | South African produce | Apartheid | Disinvestment from South Africa | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| 1966–1987 | Various | Coors Brewing Company | Anti-LGBT hiring practices
Discrimination towards minorities and women and anti-unionism |
Coors strike and boycott | [6] |
| Early April 1973 | Americans | Meat products | Increasing prices | 1973 meat boycott | |
| 1984–1993 | INFACT | General Electric | Production and promotion of nuclear weapons | Corporate Accountability International | |
| 1988-1994 | Australian Rainforest Action Groups | Companies importing rainforest timber from Malaysia to Australia | Prevention of the destruction of Indigenous owned rainforests | [7] | |
| 1989–1998 | Rainforest Action Network | Mitsubishi | Rainforest destruction through its forestry activities | Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign | [8] |
| 1990-1991 | African Americans in New York | Korean-American businesses | Racial tensions | Family Red Apple boycott | |
| 1991–1998 | Friends of the Lubicon | Daishowa | Proposed logging of Lubicon Cree territory | [9] | |
| 1996 | CDU/CSU | Mission: Impossible, Phenomenon and Chick Corea | Association of Corea, Tom Cruise, and John Travolta with Scientology, which is not legally recognized in Germany | Template:Section link | [10] |
| 1990s–2000 | Andrew Vachss | Thailand | Prostitution of children in Thailand | Don't! Buy! Thai! | |
| 1998–2003 | American gun owners | Colt Smith & Wesson |
Colt and Smith & Wesson's cooperation with Bill Clinton's gun control efforts | [11] | |
| 2001–2002 | Greenpeace Friends of the Earth People & Planet |
Esso/ExxonMobil | Esso's climate change denial and lack of investment in renewable energy | Stop Esso campaign | |
| 2003 | US conservatives | Various celebrities, such as the Dixie Chicks | Celebrity opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq | Dixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush | |
| 2005 | Association of University Teachers | Bar-Ilan University University of Haifa |
Bar-Ilan's operations in the West Bank Haifa's discipline of a lecturer |
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| 2005-2006 | Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd | Nissui Company, Sealord Tuna, Gorton's Seafood | Involvement of parent company in whaling | [12] | |
| 2005–2013 | International Labor Rights Fund and others | Firestone Tire and Rubber Company | Forced labour and child labour on rubber plantations in Liberia | Firestone Natural Rubber Company | [13][14] |
| 1 May 2006 | Illegal immigrants in the United States | US businesses and schools | US immigration policy | Great American Boycott | |
| 2008 | German labor unions | Nokia | Nokia's closing of a German plant | [15] | |
| 2008 | Stonewall | Heinz | Heinz's pulling of a commercial featuring two men kissing | [16] | |
| 2009 | Various countries | Durban Review Conference | Scope of the conference | Durban Review Conference#Boycotts | |
| 2010 | Various | BP | Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill#Public reaction | |
| 2010 | Various | Arizona | Racial profiling law | [17] | |
| 2011 | Israelis | Tnuva | Rising food prices and price gouging | Cottage cheese boycott | |
| 2013-2020 | 350.org | Numerous Australian banks, universities and local governments | Divestment from fossil fuels | [18] | |
| 2018 | Moroccans | Bottled water and dairy products | Price gouging and corruption | 2018 Moroccan boycott | |
| 2019 | Residents of Louisiana | National Football League CBS Sports |
Negligence in rules enforcement that kept the New Orleans Saints out of Super Bowl LIII | 2018 NFC Championship Game | [19] |
| 2023 | Various subreddits | Reddit's intentions to charge for its API service | Reddit API controversy | [20][21][22][23] | |
| 2024 | Social media users, primarily TikTokers | Various celebrities and social media influencers | Support for Israel in, or lack of action over, the Gaza war | Blockout 2024 | |
| 2025 | Dave Portnoy (withdrew), Christian McCaffrey, Cheryl Bosa, Bills Mafia | National Football League Fox Sports |
Alleged match fixing and officiating misconduct in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs, particularly in the 2024 AFC Championship Game | Super Bowl LIX boycott | [24] |
| 2025 | Roblox users | Roblox (specifically The Hatch) | The Hatch's inclusion of TheOfficialTeddy. | Child safety on Roblox | [25][26] |
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| Initiation | Participants | Target | Cause | Main article | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Arab League | Israel | Partition of Palestine | Arab League boycott of Israel | |
| 1977 | Various | Nestlé | Nestlé's promotion of infant formula over breast milk in developing countries | Nestlé boycott | [27] |
| 1989 | Liverpudlians | The Sun | The SunTemplate:'s coverage of the Hillsborough disaster | Template:Section link | [28][29]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[30]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[31][32] |
| 2003 | Numerous union organizations including SINALTRAINAL | Coca-Cola Company | Anti-union violence in Colombia and environmental degradation in India | Criticism of Coca-Cola | [33][34] |
| 2005 | Various human rights and anti-occupation activists | Israel | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions | |
| 2005 | Various Muslims worldwide | Denmark | Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy | Economic and social consequences of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy | [35] |
| 2008 | Opponents of California Proposition 8 | Supporters of California Proposition 8 and Utah | LDS Church support for Proposition 8 | Protests against Proposition 8 supporters | [36] |
| 2008 | Center for Biological Diversity | Bluefin Tuna fishing | Overfishing of Bluefin Tuna, leading to their status as an endangered species. | [37] | |
| 2009 | LGBT groups | The Salvation Army | The Salvation Army's opposition to homosexuality | [38] | |
| 2010 | Canvass for a Cause and other LGBT groups | Target Corporation and Best Buy | Donations to politician Tom Emmer | [39][40][41][42] | |
| 2010 | Boycott BP | BP | Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill | [43] |
| 2011 | LGBT groups | Chick-fil-A | Chick-fil-A's CEO's support of politicians who oppose same-sex marriage | Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy | [44] |
| 2012 | PETA | Air France | Shipping monkeys to laboratories for experimentation | [45] | |
| 2013 | Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa and various others | Chevron Corporation | Failure to adequately clean up widespread oil pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon from its former Texaco operations | Lago Agrio oil field | [46] |
| 2013 | Survival International | Botswana | Eviction of indigenous San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. | Ancestral land conflict in Botswana | [48] |
| 2013 | International Labor Rights Forum | Theo Chocolate | Not living up to "fair trade" label because of proven union busting | [49][50] | |
| 2013 | Palestinians living in the United States | Syria, Iran | Syria and Iran's treatment of Palestinians | [51] | |
| 2013 | Ukrainians | Russian products | Russian embargoes and the Russo-Ukrainian War | Do not buy Russian goods! | |
| 2013-2014 | LGBT groups | Russia, Stolichnaya vodka, 2014 Winter Olympics | Russia's anti-LGBT policies | [52] | |
| 2014 | Citizens of Washington, D.C. | Tourism to Maryland's 1st congressional district, Eastern Shore of Maryland | Interference in District of Columbia home rule | Boycott of Maryland's 1st congressional district | |
| 2014 | Various | Nabisco | Switching production of products from the United States to Mexico | Oreo boycott | |
| 2015 | Ethical Consumer | Amazon | Tax avoidance, poor treatment of workers, anti-competitive practices. | Criticism of Amazon | [53] |
| 2016 | American Family Association | Target Corporation | Mixed sex bathrooms and changing areas | [54] | |
| 2016 | Various | Corporations backing Donald Trump | Policies and rhetoric of Donald Trump | GrabYourWallet | [55] |
| 2017 | Right-wing commentators and fans of Andy Signore | Screen Junkies | Defy Media firing him due to allegations of sexual harassment | [56] | |
| 2018 | Various companies with ties to the NRA | National Rifle Association of America | Stoneman Douglas High School shooting | 2018 NRA boycott | [57][58][59] |
| 2018 | Various companies with ties to The Ingraham Angle, and The Ingraham Angle itself. | The Ingraham Angle | Laura Ingraham attacking Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor David Hogg | Boycott of The Ingraham Angle | |
| 2018 | Various companies with ties to Sinclair, and Sinclair itself. | Sinclair Broadcast Group | Conservative media bias of Sinclair; Sinclair mandating local news to attack certain news organizations | Boycott of Sinclair Broadcasting Group | |
| 2018 | Various | Nike, Inc. | Featuring of Colin Kaepernick in its advertising campaign, who sparked controversy by kneeling in protest during the national anthem | U.S. national anthem kneeling protests | [60] |
| 2019 | Right-wing commentators and fans of Vic Mignogna | Crunchyroll, LLC and Rooster Teeth | Severing of ties with Vic Mignogna following sexual harassment allegations | [61] | |
| 2019 | Various | Turkey | Turkish invasion of Rojava | 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria | [62] |
| 2019 | South Koreans | Japan | Japan–South Korea trade dispute | 2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea | [63][64] |
| 2020 | Indians | China | 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes | Boycott of China in India | |
| 2020 | Muslim world | France (products) | French response to the murder of Samuel Paty | Murder of Samuel Paty | [65][66] |
| 2021 | American conservatives | The Walt Disney Company | Disney's firing of Gina Carano from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian | [67][68] | |
| 2022 | Various multinational corporations | Russia and Belarus | Response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | Boycott of Russia and Belarus | |
| 2022 | Romanians | Austria | Austrian veto on Romania's bid to join the Schengen Area. | [69] | |
| 2022 | Twitter users and advertisers | Twitter (X) | Increase of hate speech on Twitter, and Elon Musk's political activities | Twitter under Elon Musk | [70] |
| 2022 (accelerated in 2025) | Tesla consumers | Tesla | Elon Musk's political activities, primarily the Department of Government Efficiency from 2025 | Tesla Takedown | [71] |
| 2023 | American conservatives | Project Veritas | Project Veritas' removal of James O'Keefe. | [72] | |
| 2023 | American conservatives | Anheuser-Busch (specifically Bud Light) | Bud Light's sponsorship of Dylan Mulvaney. | Bud Light boycott | [73] |
| 2023 | American conservatives | Activision (Call of Duty) | Call of Duty supporting Pride Month after removing a pack dedicated to Nickmercs. | [74] | |
| 2024 | Canadians, spearheaded by the subreddit r/loblawsisoutofcontrol | Loblaws stores and its divisions | Accusations of greedflation amidst rising profits as grocery prices increase | 2024 Loblaw boycott | [75] |
| 2025 | Southeastern Europeans | Major retail stores | Inflation and high food prices | 2025 Southeast Europe retail boycotts | [76][77] |
| 2025 | Numerous people worldwide | United States | Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to annex territory (Canada and Denmark) | 2025 United States boycott (in Canada: 2025 Canadian boycott of the United States) |
[78] |
| 2025 | The People's Union USA, and other organizations | Various companies, including Amazon, Target and Walmart | Reversal of diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the Department of Government Efficiency's actions in the United States federal government and corporate greed in general | Economic Blackout | [79] |
| 2025 | Nintendo consumers | Nintendo (specifically Nintendo Switch 2) | Accusations of corporate greed and anti-consumerism after revealing the Nintendo Switch 2's price | [80] | |
| 2025 | Various YouTubers and privacy experts | Google (specifically YouTube) | Google's enforcement of "age assurance" policies for selected users | Criticism of Google | [81][82] |
| 2025 | Various | Roblox | Roblox's ban of and threats to sue Schlep amidst concerns of child safety on the platform | Roblox–Schlep controversy | [83] |
| 2025 | Numerous people and other organizations | The Walt Disney Company (specifically ABC), Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group | Indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! following statements made regarding the MAGA movement's reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk | Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! | [84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91] |
| 2025 | Various | Microsoft (specifically the Xbox Game Pass) | Price hikes of the Xbox Game Pass and corporate greed in general | [92] | |
| 2025 | American conservatives | Netflix (specifically Dead End: Paranormal Park) | Netflix's support of LGBTQ characters | [93][94] | |
| 2025 | Various | Spotify | Spotify running recruitment advertisements from ICE | Criticism of Spotify | [95] |
| 2025 | Numerous people and other organizations | The Walt Disney Company | Usage of Generative A.I. and VFX techniques | Criticism of the Walt Disney Company | [96][97][98] |
| 2025 | Numerous people and other organizations | Paramount Skydance (specifically CBS) | Censorship of the episode 60 Minutes episode "Inside CECOT" | Inside CECOT | [99][100] |
| 2025-2026 | Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain | Eurovision Song Contest 2026 | Israel's participation | [101] |
See also
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