The company was the first high-profile advertisers to join the boycott — and now one of the first to announce its return.
As the Facebook boycott ends, brand advertisers are split on what happens next with their marketing budgets|Seb Joseph|August 3, 2020|Digiday
It also appears Facebook won’t need to make many of the concessions boycott organizers wanted.
Did the Facebook Ads boycott actually work?|Greg Sterling|July 30, 2020|Search Engine Land
In some cases, publishers have been able to draw a direct connection between the Facebook video ad revenue decline and the advertiser boycott.
As advertisers boycott Facebook, publishers see video ad revenue fall in July|Tim Peterson|July 16, 2020|Digiday
Boycott or no boycott the biggest Facebook advertisers were always going to spend less on the platform in 2020.
Advertisers were cutting their Facebook ad spending well before the boycott began|Seb Joseph|July 10, 2020|Digiday
When he met with leaders of the boycott, he stuck to familiar talking points.
Facebook in the age of revolt|Brian Morrissey|July 10, 2020|Digiday
Those rumors, in turn, sparked a boycott of enterprises affiliated with the family.
The Godfather of Right-Wing Radio|Caitlin Dickson|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The conservative Christian group mailed out nearly one million cards to supporters calling on them to boycott Disney products.
When the Religious Right Attacked ‘The Little Mermaid’|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 1996 filing (which you can check out here) was, naturally, as silly and frivolous as the boycott push that came before it.
When the Religious Right Attacked ‘The Little Mermaid’|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Celebrities like Weir were called on to urge a boycott of the Games.
‘To Russia With Love’: Can Johnny Weir Save Russia’s Gays?|Kevin Fallon|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last Monday, university students began a boycott of classes.
Hong Kong Protesters Fear Martial Law Is Coming|Gordon G. Chang|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And to make matters worse, they now bear the brunt of the Chinese boycott aimed at American goods.
The Old World and Its Ways|William Jennings Bryan
There is hot talk of a boycott to be extended to everything sold or handled by the Hatch syndicate.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
Japan felt the effects of the boycott more than any other country.
Introduction to Non-Violence|Theodore Paullin
Indignation meetings were held, and it was determined to boycott the monks.
Las Casas|Alice J. Knight
And now comes this Treaty with a further development of this same policy of blockade and boycott.
The New Germany|George Young
British Dictionary definitions for boycott (1 of 2)
boycott
/ (ˈbɔɪkɒt) /
verb
(tr)to refuse to have dealings with (a person, organization, etc) or refuse to buy (a product) as a protest or means of coercionto boycott foreign produce
noun
an instance or the use of boycotting
Word Origin for boycott
C19: after Captain C. C. Boycott (1832–97), Irish land agent for the Earl of Erne, County Mayo, Ireland, who was a victim of such practices for refusing to reduce rents
British Dictionary definitions for boycott (2 of 2)
Boycott
/ (ˈbɔɪkɒt) /
noun
Geoff (rey). born 1940, English cricketer: played for Yorkshire (1962–86); played in 108 test matches (1964–1982); first England batsman to score 8,000 test runs
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Words related to boycott
cut off, refuse, spurn, avoid, snub, reject, exclude, embargo, prohibit, bar, ostracize, outlaw, blackball, blacklist, strike, proscribe, brush off, pass by, shut out, ice out
Cultural definitions for boycott
boycott
The refusal to purchase the products of an individual, corporation, or nation as a way to bring social and political pressure for change.