This is a list of boycotts.
Past
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| March 1769 || Philadelphia merchants<br />First Continental Congress || Great Britain || Opposition to colonial taxation without representation || Continental Association ||
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| 1848 || Milan || Austria || Austrian state monopolies || Five Days of Milan ||
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| 1880 || Irish Land League || Charles Boycott<br/>(origin of the term boycott) || Desired land reform in Ireland || ||
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| 1891 || Iranian Shia || United Kingdom || The Shah's granting of a tobacco monopoly to Britain || Tobacco Protest ||
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|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
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| 1902 || Jews in New York City || Kosher meat products || Price increases causing unaffordability || 1902 kosher meat boycott ||
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| 1904–1906 || China || United States || The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1902, an extension of the original Act of 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act || ||
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| 1905-1907|| Indian National Congress<br />Indian independence movement || British Raj || Opposition to the partition of Bengal and a desire for Indian economic independence || Swadeshi movement ||
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| 1912 || Tunisia || Compagnie des tramways de Tunis, all Italian businesses in Tunis || Young Tunisians || Tunis Tram Boycott ||
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| 1919 || China || Japan || May Fourth Movement || Chinese boycotts of Japanese products ||
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|1919-1922
|Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
|British Raj
|Opposition to the Rowlett Act and demands for self-rule
|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 || ||
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|1930-1934
|Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
|British Raj
|Demands for Indian independence
|Civil disobedience movement
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| March 1933 || American Jewish Congress<br />International critics of Nazism || Nazi Germany || Antisemitism in Nazi Germany || Anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 ||
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| April 1933 ||Nazi Germany||German Jews|| Anti-Nazi boycotts || Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses ||
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| 1941–1951 || Iraq ||Iraqi Jews||Farhud || ||
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|1942-1945
|Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
|British Raj
|Demands for Indian independence
|Quit India
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|1948
|Nii Kwabena Bonne III
Kwame Nkrumah
|Association of West African Merchants
|Price inflation
|1948 Accra riots
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| 1950 || Soviet Union || United Nations || The UN not recognising the People's Republic of China as 'China' || Soviet Union boycott of the United Nations ||
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| 1955–1968 || African Americans || Various || Racial segregation in the United States || Civil Rights Movement<br />Montgomery bus boycott ||
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| 1961–1983 || West Berlin || Berlin S-Bahn || East German operation of the S-Bahn || Berlin S-Bahn ||
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| || United Farm Workers || Grapes and lettuce in retail grocery stores || Labor disputes || Delano grape strike ||
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| 1960s–1990 || Various academics || South African universities || Apartheid || Academic boycott of South Africa ||
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| || Various || South African produce || Apartheid || Disinvestment from South Africa ||
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| 1966–1987 || Various || Coors Brewing Company || Anti-LGBT hiring practices
Discrimination towards minorities and women and anti-unionism
| Coors strike and boycott||
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| Early April 1973 || Americans || Meat products || Increasing prices || 1973 meat boycott ||
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| 1984–1993 || INFACT || General Electric || Production and promotion of nuclear weapons || Corporate Accountability International ||
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|1988-1994
|Australian Rainforest Action Groups
|Companies importing rainforest timber from Malaysia to Australia
|Prevention of the destruction of Indigenous owned rainforests
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| 1989–1998 || Rainforest Action Network || Mitsubishi || Rainforest destruction through its forestry activities || Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign ||
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| 1990-1991 || African Americans in New York || Korean-American businesses || Racial tensions || Family Red Apple boycott ||
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| 1991–1998 || Friends of the Lubicon || Daishowa || Proposed logging of Lubicon Cree territory || ||
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|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
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| 1990s–2000 || Andrew Vachss || Thailand || Prostitution of children in Thailand || Don't! Buy! Thai! ||
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| 1998–2003 || American gun owners || Colt<br />Smith & Wesson || Colt and Smith & Wesson's cooperation with Bill Clinton's gun control efforts || ||
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| 2001–2002 || Greenpeace<br />Friends of the Earth<br />People & Planet || Esso/ExxonMobil || Esso's climate change denial and lack of investment in renewable energy || Stop Esso campaign ||
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| 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 ||
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| 2005 || Association of University Teachers || Bar-Ilan University<br />University of Haifa || Bar-Ilan's operations in the West Bank<br />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
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| 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 ||
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| 1 May 2006 || Illegal immigrants in the United States || US businesses and schools ||US immigration policy||Great American Boycott ||
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| 2008 || German labor unions || Nokia || Nokia's closing of a German plant || ||
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| 2008 || Stonewall || Heinz || Heinz's pulling of a commercial featuring two men kissing || ||
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| 2009 || Various countries || Durban Review Conference || Scope of the conference || ||
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| 2010 || Various || BP || Deepwater Horizon oil spill || ||
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| 2010 || Various || Arizona || Racial profiling law || ||
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| 2011 || Israelis || Tnuva || Rising food prices and price gouging || Cottage cheese boycott
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|2013-2020
|350.org
|Numerous Australian banks, universities and local governments
|Divestment from fossil fuels
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| 2018 || Moroccans || Bottled water and dairy products || Price gouging and corruption || 2018 Moroccan boycott
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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 ||
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|2023
|Various subreddits
|Reddit's intentions to charge for its API service
|Reddit API controversy
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| 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 ||
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|2025
|Dave Portnoy (withdrew), Christian McCaffrey, Cheryl Bosa, Bills Mafia
|National Football League<br/>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
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|2025
|Various
|Avelo Airlines
|Avelo signing an agreement for a long-term charter program flying for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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|2025
|Roblox players, parents, safety advocates, and other online communities
|Roblox (specifically The Hatch)
|The Hatch's inclusion of TheOfficialTeddy, who had a history of exposing children to inappropriate topics
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Sporting
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! Event !! Participants !! Host nation !! Cause !! Main article !! References
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| 1936 Summer Olympics || Athletes from 22 nations || || German fascism and Nazism || People's Olympiad ||
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| 1938 FIFA World Cup || Various South American nations || || Selection of a second successive World Cup in Europe|| ||
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|1939 International University Games (Vienna)
|Confédération Internationale des Étudiants
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|German annexation of Austria
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| 1956 Summer Olympics|| Cambodia, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, China|| || Suez Crisis, presence of the Soviet Union after the Hungarian Revolution, and the presence of Taiwan
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|1964 Summer Olympics
|China, North Korea, Indonesia
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|Suspension of Indonesia
| GANEFO
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|1966 FIFA World Cup
|31 Confederation of Africa Football nations
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|Play-off qualifications and readmission of apartheid South Africa
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|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off)
|Soviet Union
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|1973 Chilean coup d'état
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| 1976 Summer Olympics|| Various African nations || || Participation of New Zealand, which had sporting contact with apartheid South Africa|| Sporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era||
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| 1980 Summer Olympics || United States<br />Various nations || || Soviet–Afghan War || 1980 Summer Olympics boycott ||
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| 1984 Summer Olympics || Warsaw Pact states (except Romania)<br />Cuba|| || 1980 Summer Olympics boycott || 1984 Summer Olympics boycott<br />Friendship Games ||
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| 1986 Commonwealth Games || 32 Afro-Asian nations and 10 Caribbean nations || || The Thatcher Government's attitude towards sporting links with South Africa || Sporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era ||
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| 1988 Summer Olympics || North Korea<br />Albania, Cuba, Madagascar, Seychelles || || Korean conflict|| ||
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|1995 South Pacific Games
|Western Samoa, American Samoa, Nauru, Niue
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|French nuclear weapons testing in Mururoa
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|2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9
|United States, Canada, Czech Republic, Ukraine
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|Russian doping scandal
Russo-Ukrainian War
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|2022 Winter Olympics
|Diplomats from various countries
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|Chinese human rights issues
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Electoral
Ongoing
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! Initiation !! Participants !! Target !! Cause !! Main article !! References
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| 1949 || Arab League || Israel || Partition of Palestine || Arab League boycott of Israel ||
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| 1977 || Various || Nestlé || Nestlé's promotion of infant formula over breast milk in developing countries || Nestlé boycott ||
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| 1989 || Liverpudlians || The Sun || The Suns coverage of the Hillsborough disaster || ||
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| 2003 || Numerous union organizations including SINALTRAINAL || Coca-Cola Company || Anti-union violence in Colombia and environmental degradation in India||Criticism of Coca-Cola ||
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| 2005 || Various human rights and anti-occupation activists || Israel || Israeli–Palestinian conflict || Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions ||
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| 2005 || Various Muslims worldwide || Denmark || Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy || Economic and social consequences of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy ||
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| 2008 || Opponents of California Proposition 8 || Supporters of California Proposition 8 and Utah|| LDS Church support for Proposition 8 || Protests against Proposition 8 supporters ||
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|2008
|Center for Biological Diversity
|Bluefin Tuna fishing
|Overfishing of Bluefin Tuna, leading to their status as an endangered species
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| 2009 || LGBT groups || The Salvation Army || The Salvation Army's opposition to homosexuality || ||
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| 2010 || Canvass for a Cause and other LGBT groups || Target Corporation and Best Buy || Donations to politician Tom Emmer || ||
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|2010
|Boycott BP
|BP
|Deepwater Horizon oil spill
|Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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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 ||
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|2012
|PETA
|Air France
|Shipping monkeys to laboratories for experimentation
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| 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 ||
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|2013
|Survival International
|Botswana
|Eviction of indigenous San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
|Ancestral land conflict in Botswana
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| 2013 || International Labor Rights Forum || Theo Chocolate || Not living up to "fair trade" label because of proven union busting || ||
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| 2013 || Palestinians living in the United States || Syria, Iran || Syria and Iran's treatment of Palestinians|| ||
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|2013 || Ukrainians || Russian products || Russian embargoes and the Russo-Ukrainian War || Do not buy Russian goods! ||
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| 2013-2014 || LGBT groups || Russia, Stolichnaya vodka, 2014 Winter Olympics || Russia's anti-LGBT policies || ||
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| 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 ||
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| 2014 || Various || Nabisco || Switching production of products from the United States to Mexico || Oreo boycott ||
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|2015
|Ethical Consumer
|Amazon
|Tax avoidance, poor treatment of workers, anti-competitive practices.
|Criticism of Amazon
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| 2016 || American Family Association || Target Corporation ||Mixed sex bathrooms and changing areas || ||
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| 2016 || Various || Corporations backing Donald Trump|| Policies and rhetoric of Donald Trump || GrabYourWallet ||
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|2017
|Right-wing commentators and fans of Andy Signore
|Screen Junkies
|Defy Media firing him due to allegations of sexual harassment
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|2018
|Various companies with ties to the NRA
|National Rifle Association of America
|Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
|2018 NRA boycott
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|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
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|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
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|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
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|2019
|Right-wing commentators and fans of Vic Mignogna
|Crunchyroll, LLC and Rooster Teeth
|Severing of ties with Vic Mignogna following sexual harassment allegations
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|2019
|Various
|Turkey
|Turkish invasion of Rojava
|2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
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|2019
|South Koreans
|Japan
|Japan–South Korea trade dispute
|2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea
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|2020
|Indians
|China
|2020–2021 China–India skirmishes
|Boycott of China in India
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|2020
|Muslim world
|France (products)
|French response to the murder of Samuel Paty
|Murder of Samuel Paty
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|2021
|American conservatives
|The Walt Disney Company
|Disney's firing of Gina Carano from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian
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|2022
|Various multinational corporations
|Russia and Belarus
|Response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
|Boycott of Russia and Belarus
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|2022
|Romanians
|Austria
|Austrian veto on Romania's bid to join the Schengen Area
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|2022
|Twitter users and advertisers
|Twitter (X)
|Increase of hate speech on Twitter, and Elon Musk's political activities
|Twitter under Elon Musk
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| 2022 (accelerated in 2025)
| Tesla consumers
| Tesla
| Elon Musk's political activities, primarily the Department of Government Efficiency from 2025
| Tesla Takedown
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|2023
|American conservatives
|Project Veritas
|Project Veritas' removal of James O'Keefe.
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|2023
|American conservatives
|Anheuser-Busch (specifically Bud Light)
|Bud Light's sponsorship of Dylan Mulvaney
|Bud Light boycott
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|2023
|American conservatives
|Activision (Call of Duty)
|Call of Duty supporting Pride Month after removing a pack dedicated to Nickmercs
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| 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 ||
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|2025
|Southeastern Europeans
|Major retail stores
|Inflation and high food prices
|2025 Southeast Europe retail boycotts
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|2025
|Numerous people worldwide
|United States
|Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to annex territory (Canada and Denmark)
| 2025 United States boycott<br>(in Canada: 2025 Canadian boycott of the United States)
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|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
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|2025
|Nintendo consumers
|Nintendo (specifically Nintendo Switch 2)
|Accusations of corporate greed and anti-consumerism after revealing the Nintendo Switch 2's price
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|2025
|Various YouTubers, privacy experts, safety advocates, and other online communities
|Google (specifically YouTube)
|Google's enforcement of "age assurance" policies for selected users
|Criticism of Google
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|2025
|Various
|Roblox
|Roblox's ban of and threats to sue Schlep amidst concerns of child safety on the platform
|Roblox–Schlep controversy
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|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!
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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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|2025
|American conservatives
|Netflix (specifically Dead End: Paranormal Park)
|Netflix's support of LGBTQ characters
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|2025
|Various
|Various companies, including TikTok, X, and Instagram, Hulu, HBO Max, Snapchat, Spotify, and YouTube
|Running recruitment advertisements from ICE
|Criticism of Spotify
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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
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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
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|2025-2026
|Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain
|Eurovision Song Contest 2026
|Israel's participation
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|2026
|Roblox players, parents, safety advocates, and other online communities
|Roblox
|Usage of age verification by uploading IDs or using facial scans to place users into age groups
|Child safety on Roblox
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|2026
|Discord users, parents, safety advocates, and other online communities
|Discord
|Usage of age verification by uploading IDs or using facial scans following a data breach
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See also
- Moral purchasing
References
External links
- List of current boycotts at EthicalConsumer.org