Law in one line: commercial collusion can violate antitrust; value‑driven boycotts are speech. The hard work is sorting motive, power, and effect in a politicized ad market.
Law in one line: commercial collusion can violate antitrust; value‑driven boycotts are speech. The hard work is sorting motive, power, and effect in a politicized ad market.
Business first principles: you can’t regulate your way out of a trust deficit. Fix content safety, give clear signals, measure outcomes. Advertisers follow confidence, not ultimatums.
Boycotts cut both ways. Some trigger “buycotts” and lift sales; others leave lasting scars. Results track audience alignment more than press releases or lawsuits.
What keeps me up: when a platform owner leans on state power to punish critics, people get diminished and norms bend. Platforms aren’t fiefdoms. The work is to protect dignity, not win a feud.
Red line for a free society: no using government to settle personal scores. Leaders, brands, and citizens know this. Our institutions need to hold the center—or we normalize vendetta over rule of law.