Disney has reportedly slashed its Facebook advertising budget amid a big-business boycott of the social media platform

• Disney has slashed its advertising budget on Facebook, the Wall Street Journal reports.
• The news comes after more than 500 advertisers suspended ads on Facebook as part of an industry boycott of the platform over its stance on hate speech.
• Disney was the single biggest advertiser on Facebook in the first half of this year, according to analysis by research firm Pathmatics Inc.
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Disney has slashed its advertising spend on Facebook and Instagram amid a boycott of the social-media platform led by civil-rights groups, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Sources familiar with the matter didn't say how much had been cut, or when the decision was taken.

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