Democrats are furious over Hulu’s refusal to run a number of Democratic ads that touch on abortion and gun issues.The Disney-backed streaming service has a policy against running controversial content,
The Disney-owned streaming service Hulu has refused to air ads that contain political content regarding abortion, gun laws, and the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, according to the Washington Post....
The Walt Disney Co. has once again caved to the far left by reversing its earlier decision to reject Democrat commercials on abortion and gun control that were intended to run on Hulu.
"Hulu will now accept candidate and issue advertisements covering a wide spectrum of policy positions, but reserves the right to request edits or alternative creative, in alignment with industry standards."
After months of outrage from conservatives, Disney criticized by Democrats accusing the company's Hulu streaming outlet of censoring ads on abortion, guns.
Disney's Hulu will allow political issue advertisements for the first time this year, a change from its previous policy that only allowed candidate ads on the platform.
Democratic fundraising groups and candidates had criticized Hulu rejecting ads about issues like abortion and January 6 as “outrageous” and “offensive.”
Disney will allow political issue ads to run on Hulu, the company confirmed Wednesday, days after Democrats criticized the streaming platform for declining to run digital advertisements on guns and abortions.
Just 48 hours after the Disney-owned streaming platform Hulu denied Democratic political ads from airing between episodes, the company has changed its mind.
