It’s been more than five months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, and Israel responded by invading the Gaza Strip. In that time, more than 30,000 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis, most of them civilians, have been killed. The Walt Disney Company has found itself in the middle of this conflict. After donating $1 million to the Magen David Adom, an affiliate of ...
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Key Figure in Disney’s Legal Battle Now Heads DeSantis’ Disney District
In 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature crafted a wide-ranging law that would allow the state to punish social media companies for removing posts or refusing to publish posts from certain media companies or political figures, even if those posts violated the company’s rules on hate speech, violent incitements, or disinformation. DeSantis used Twitter and Facebook’s bans ...
Read More »Unlikely Pairing: Website Content Shifts from Controversial Topics to Disney Links
The Walt Disney Company owns a little bit of everything. Either through its own design or through purchases, Disney owns a good portion of the media industry. In the past 20 years, mostly under current CEO Bob Iger, the Walt Disney Company went on a spending spree, buying up competitors including Pixar, Marvel Studios, Hulu, and 20th Century Fox Studios. ...
Read More »Disney’s Imagineering Department Faces Leadership Vacuum at Critical Juncture
At a crucial time for the Walt Disney Company, it is losing one of the people who is responsible for creating and expanding Disney’s theme park operations. In an announcement on Linkedin and Instagram this morning, Barbara Bouza announced that she was leaving as President of Walt Disney Imagineering. Bouza had been in the job since 2021, when she replaced ...
Read More »Disney Fans Left Disappointed as Plans for Seven New Lands Are Revoked
While speaking yesterday at a conference hosted by Morgan Stanley in San Francisco, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger made waves with what appeared to be a massive announcement about the future expansion of Disney Parks. Iger said: We have thousands of acres of land still to develop. We could actually build seven new full lands if we wanted to ...
Read More »Controversy Surrounds Disney: Accusations of AI Manipulation to Fabricate Popularity
After the 2016 election, X (Twitter at that time) promised that it would crack down on fake accounts, sock-puppets, and bots, and for a while, it successfully halted the spread of misinformation. However, after Elon Musk took over the platform, most of the staff in charge of stemming the flow of misinformation were fired. This allowed the flow of misinformation ...
Read More »Uncertainty Grips DeSantis’ Disney District Board as Gilzean Steps Down for Election Role
This afternoon, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced he had found a new position for Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Administrator Glen Gilzean. Gilzean will take over as the Orange County Supervisor of Elections after former supervisor Bill Cowles retired at the end of January. Related: The Deeper People Dig, the Worse It Looks For DeSantis’ Disney Board Administrator Gilzean has been ...
Read More »Alleged Killer’s Reddit Activity Reveals Disney World Connection: Cast Member’s Online Presence Under Scrutiny
It was just a week ago that 13-year-old Madeline Soto was allegedly dropped off at school by her stepfather, Stephan Sterns. But after an extensive search, her body was discovered on Saturday in a remote area of Osceola County near Pearl Lake. Sterns, who was already in custody on capital sexual battery charges, is considered the prime suspect in the ...
Read More »Disney Dodges Supreme Court Showdown Through Backdoor Deal
This was a big week at the Supreme Court. After Republicans became concerned about alleged bias against conservative voices on social media, state legislatures in Florida and Texas passed laws that diminished the capacity of tech companies to moderate speech on their platforms. The tech companies argued that the laws would handcuff their efforts to remove hate speech, bullying, and ...
Read More »Disney Grandchildren Emerge as Company Saviors in Unexpected Twist
Abigail Disney has long been one of the outspoken critics of Disney CEO Bob Iger. She called him “out of touch,” and “disappointing,” and accused him of leaving the planet for two years, only to not understand the world her returned to. However, with the Walt Disney Company facing a proxy battle from activist investor Nelson Peltz for Abigail Disney ...
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