Some people are canceling their subscriptions to Disney+ and Hulu as social media users call for a boycott as part of a backlash over the suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
ABC, owned by Walt Disney, said on Wednesday, Sept. 17, that it will indefinitely stop airing the late-night talk show after Kimmel’s comments about the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk came under harsh criticism from the head of the Federal Communications Commission, USA TODAY reported .
While the move has been celebrated by President Donald Trump and critics of Kimmel and his comments over Kirk, some celebrities, Democratic lawmakers, and labor union SAG-AFTRA characterized the decision as a threat to free speech, and that sentiment is echoed among some of the social media users calling for a boycott.
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