In a Council on Foreign Relations interview, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company had sometimes refused requests to change content, but would not specify them. He said Disney was asked to make changes at times and tailored films for local audiences, including by dubbing them in many languages. He described Shanghai Disneyland as conceived in Mandarin before translation into English.
IGER: Well, it starts with the fact that I’m paid to run the Walt Disney Company. And one of the primary responsibilities is to continue to deliver increasing value to shareholders. And to accomplish that, you have to focus pretty heavily on what’s going on in the environment, meaning the business but also the world. And we’ve undergone—our businesses have undergone, like many businesses, transformative change. And it’s happened very rapidly. And I thought, once Rupert signaled an interest in selling the assets of his company, that by combining the two it was a clear path—nothing is a sure thing—but would increase the odds of us continuing to grow the company in businesses in a world that didn’t look anything like the world we were operating in a short time ago. It’s kind of as simple as that.
On February 11, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $2.75 million settlement with Disney over alleged CCPA violations. The state said Disney’s opt-out methods did not stop data sales or sharing across all connected devices and services; Disney must pay the penalty and implement effective opt-outs.
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with the Walt Disney Company (Disney), resolving allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by failing to fully effectuate consumers’ requests to opt-out of the sale or sharing of their data across all devices and streaming services associated with consumers' Disney accounts. Under today’s settlement, Disney must pay $2.75 million in civil penalties and must implement opt-out methods that fully stop Disney’s sale or sharing of consumers’ personal information.
A December 2025 article said Disney shifted public language from DEI to “belonging” and “inclusion,” while maintaining workplace policies. It reported that 99% of shareholders rejected a proposal to leave the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index and that Disney launched a Global Belonging Week in October 2025.
Yet, the story did not end there. The National Center for Public Policy Research was demanding Disney stop participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index—a benchmark for LGBTQ+ workplace policies in which Disney has scored a perfect 100 every year since 2007.
In 2024, Disney and other media employers tested a First Amendment defense in employment discrimination cases. Former Mandalorian actor Gina Carano alleged Disney fired her for social and political posts; Disney argued expressive entities can control their public message. A judge denied Disney’s request for early appellate review, and the suit remained ongoing.
Walt Disney Co. and other employers in the entertainment and media industries are testing a First Amendment defense in court to escape employment discrimination claims, arguing that certain workplace decisions are tied to their right to control their brand message.
In 2005, the National Labor Committee alleged forced 15-hour shifts, minimum-wage violations and dangerous conditions at Chinese factories supplying Disney; Disney denied the accusations and cited audits. In 2006, SACOM allegations involving three factories were listed as unanswered. Disney said it asked Verité to investigate claims about two book factories.
NEW YORK — A labor watchdog organization accused the Walt Disney Co. on Thursday of condoning sweatshop conditions and worker abuse at the Chinese factories it uses to produce some of its children’s books.
Walt Disney did not respond to: Labour abuses at 3 factories producing Disney merchandise alleged in report by SACOM (Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior). - Business and Human Rights Centre
The National Labor Committee...made new charges Thursday against The Walt Disney Company, releasing a videotape alleging that two Chinese factories making books for Disney operate under unsafe conditions...Charles Kernaghan, director of the NLC...called for Disney to release the names of all of its factories in China and to make their monitoring system more open to review...[In] a written statement, Disney said, "We have a strong International Labor Standards Code of Conduct for Manufacturers and conduct regular social compliance audits of the independently run factories that produce Disney branded merchandise." The statement went on to say, "The Walt Disney Company has contacted Verité, a non-profit social auditing and training firm, to conduct an investigation of the claims regarding the Hung Hing and Nord Race factories."
A study says Disney campaigned in 2016 to remove Anaheim tax incentives, with Disneyland President Josh D’Amaro asking the city to end the deals. The city council voted unanimously to end the program on August 28, 2018. The account says Disney acted ahead of a proposed living-wage ordinance, while Disney framed its effort as helping Anaheim.
Surprisingly, in 2016, the Walt Disney Company advocated for removing these very same tax incentives Pringle helped lobby for, again with the latter's help. During Disney's campaign to convince the City Council to remove the tax incentives, Lisa Haines, Disneyland's Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs stated, “We have billions and billions of dollars invested in the city, and I don’t think there's any company that wouldn’t look at ways to ensure that those investments are protected and nurtured” (Martin, 2018). While Disney framed the move as a way to help the City of Anaheim, the reality was that the “company apparently made the decision in anticipation of Anaheim, California [policy makers] passing a living wage ordinance in November [of 2018]. The ordinance requires large companies that receive municipal tax breaks to pay workers $15 an hour. That number will go up to $18 an hour by 2022 and keep pace with inflation thereafter” (Miller, 2019).
A Florida Politics fact-check reported that online posts used flawed logic and false information to portray Disney as sympathetic to pedophiles or predatory toward children. The posts followed Disney’s public opposition to a Florida bill banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
Online posts are using flawed logic and false information to malign The Walt Disney Co. as sympathetic to pedophiles or predatory toward young children after the company publicly opposed a Florida bill banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
The Human Rights Campaign’s listing for The Walt Disney Co. shows a 5/5 rating, 50/50 points and “No Penalty.” A separate HRC 2023–2024 report identifies Disney among companies with a top score on two of its corporate equality measures, though the supplied excerpt does not specify which measures or provide further detail.
OpenSecrets’ data for Walt Disney Co. shows that reported political contributions favored Democratic recipients in each listed election cycle from 1990 through 2024. In 2024, the site recorded $3.55 million in total contributions, with 88.23% to Democrats and 11.77% to Republicans. Its figures cover reported contributions, not independent expenditures.
A federal judge approved a settlement requiring Disney to pay a $10 million civil penalty and comply with COPPA. The FTC alleged Disney subsidiaries mislabeled some child-directed YouTube videos, allowing collection and targeted advertising using data from viewers under 13 without required parental notice or consent. Disney must also review video designations, subject to specified conditions.
A complaint, filed in September by the Department of Justice upon notification and referral from the FTC, alleged that Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. and Disney Entertainment Operations LLC (Disney) violated the COPPA Rule by failing to properly label some videos that it uploaded to YouTube as “Made for Kids” (MFK). The complaint alleged that by mislabeling these videos, Disney allowed for the collection, through YouTube, of personal data from children under 13 who viewed child-directed videos and use of that data for targeted advertising to children.
An arbitrator ruled that Fox executives defrauded the Bones cast and producer over profit participation, awarding plaintiffs $179 million. The ruling named Dana Walden, who was set to join Disney after Fox’s sale. Disney CEO Bob Iger said Disney was not involved, expressed confidence in Walden’s integrity, and noted Fox was challenging the decision; Fox called it wrong and said it would appeal.
An arbitrator has ruled that “Fox executives lied, cheated and committed fraud” at the expense of Bones stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, as well as executive producer Barry Josephson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show enjoyed an extremely successful run, airing from 2005 to 2017, but in a nutshell it sounds as if the company squirreled away profits that should have gone to the cast and crew. Among the executives who “appear to have given false testimony in an attempt to conceal their wrongful acts,” is Fox TV CEO Dana Walden, who has plans to join Disney once the sale is completed. Other executives include 21st Century Fox president Peter Rice and Fox TV chairman Gary Newman.
A scholarly account says former Anaheim mayor Curt Pringle, whose lobbying firm represented Disney and hotel developer Bill O’Connell, sought a more generous hotel tax incentive in 2012. Pringle reportedly told Mayor Tom Tait that O’Connell would seek the city’s hotel-tax share for 15 years, worth about $150 million. The city council approved the subsidy despite Tait’s opposition.
In the mid-1990s, Disney also began to address another obstacle in their quest to build up Anaheim as a top vacation destination. For more than a decade, the City of Anaheim had only one four-star luxury hotel: the Disney Grand Californian. The City's Visitor and Convention Bureau believed that the lack of luxury hotels meant that some high-income visitors came to town for events, or to visit Disneyland, only to leave at the end of the day to stay in Los Angeles or San Diego. They believed that the lack of lodging and accommodations was depriving local business owners of revenue, as well as depriving the city of hotel occupancy taxes that the visitors would have paid if they had stayed overnight in an Anaheim hotel (Buntin, 2018).
In August 2023, Disney formed a task force to explore AI across its businesses, including in-house generative AI and startup partnerships, according to Reuters sources. Reported goals included reducing film and television costs and enhancing customer experiences. Disney declined to comment, and the initiative drew scrutiny amid writers’ and actors’ strikes over AI’s potential effects on jobs.
The Walt Disney Company has formed a task force to investigate the potential applications of AI throughout its various business units, reports Reuters, including cutting costs and enhancing customer experiences. This comes despite ongoing Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes that have put some AI technologies in the crosshairs.
In 2011, human-rights group Sacom alleged that Shenzhen toy factory Sturdy Products, which made Disney-branded merchandise among other products, employed children, imposed excessive overtime and exposed workers to unsafe conditions. The Guardian reported that Disney launched an investigation and said it would assess the situation based on available information; the allegations were not reported as established findings.
Disney said: "We take these matters impacting our licensees and business partners very seriously and will continue to evaluate this situation based upon the information available to us."
Disney agreed to pay $43.25 million to settle a 2019 lawsuit alleging female employees were underpaid; about 9,000 current and former workers joined the case. The agreement also requires a three-year pay-equity analysis and training for compensation staff, subject to a judge’s approval. Disney said it was committed to fair pay and did not admit wrongdoing.
Until October 2017, Disney’s pay policies allowed new hires’ starting salaries to be based on their previous wages. This approach can reinforce the gender pay gap, as women, who tend to be paid less than men, could carry those lower wages into new jobs, making it harder for them to achieve equal pay. To make the situation worse, Disney's subsequent annual pay increases were based on percentage raises. This approach likely perpetuated pay disparities, as women starting with lower salaries found it difficult to close the gap with their male counterparts.
A scholarly article argues Disney used lobbying and political relationships in Anaheim to secure favorable development policies and tax incentives, while criticizing its labor practices and effects on the local community. These are the authors’ assessments; the supplied passage also cites a city-commissioned investigation that found transparency failures and accused lobbyists, including Curt Pringle, of hiding meetings or improperly influencing,
At the same time, Disney continued to invest in their theme parks, with the 2019 opening of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge, both at Disneyland in Anaheim and at the Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida. Disney's Chairman Robert Iger is cited in the Theme Part Insider (Niles, 2018), expressing his excitement. “These are the biggest lands that we have ever built,” Iger is quoted saying. He continues:
On June 24, 2022, Disney told employees it had affordable coverage for eligible workers unable to obtain care where they lived, including travel for pregnancy-related decisions. The memo, signed by human-resources leaders, said the company would continue providing access to reproductive and family-planning care. CNBC reported Disney made no separate public statement on the Supreme Court ruling.
Disney told employees it will help pay for pregnancy-related care if they have to travel to a different state after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.
A 2018 Orlando Sentinel opinion column said Disney donated to Florida candidates, including gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam, whom it accused of supporting policies at odds with Disney’s public values. The writer cited $789,000 in support for Putnam and donations to other lawmakers, and argued Disney backed candidates who advanced its business interests. Disney did not answer the column’s questions.
Fresh off the success of getting Publix to tap the brakes on its political contributions to self-described “proud NRA sellout” Adam Putnam, the national “Die-In” protesters have set their sights on Disney.
In March 2022, Disney said it would pause business activities in Russia following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after already halting theatrical releases. The company cited the humanitarian crisis, said some pauses would take time because of contractual complexities, and said its Russian employees would remain employed while it continued refugee aid through NGO partners.
Disney is now pausing all of its business in Russia amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, calling Vladimir Putin’s actions an “unrelenting assault on Ukraine.”
In March 2022, Chapek announced that Disney would cease theatrical release of its films in Russia in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 5
As it prepared its 2019 streaming launch, Disney’s Stories Matter initiative reviewed its film library and added disclaimers to works it judged to include negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures. Executives also privately flagged characters for potential concerns, while one worried that such scrutiny could chill creativity. Disney declined to comment to the report.
As Disney prepared to introduce its streaming service in 2019, it began an extensive review of its film library. As part of the initiative, called Stories Matter, Disney added disclaimers to content that the company determined included “negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures.” Examples included episodes of “The Muppet Show” from the 1970s and the 1941 version of “Dumbo.”
In 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged Disney’s planned acquisition of Fox assets would reduce competition and likely raise cable sports licensing and subscription fees in 25 local markets. A proposed settlement required Disney to divest Fox’s 22 regional sports networks, with safeguards intended to keep them viable and independent; the published notice describes a proposed judgment, not proof of completed divestiture.
The divestiture requirement of the proposed Final Judgment will eliminate the likely anticompetitive effects of the Transaction in each DMA Market by establishing an independent and economically viable competitor. The proposed Final Judgment requires ( printed page 40565) Disney, within 90 days after the closing of the Transaction, or five days after notice of the entry of the Final Judgment by the Court, whichever is later, to divest all of Fox's interests in the Fox RSNs, including all assets necessary for the operation of the Fox RSNs as viable, ongoing video networks or programming assets. The assets must be divested in such a way as to satisfy the United States in its sole discretion that the operations can and will be operated by the purchaser as viable, ongoing businesses that can compete effectively in the relevant markets. Disney must use its best efforts to divest the Fox RSNs as expeditiously as possible and shall cooperate with prospective purchasers.
A. Disney is ordered and directed, within ninety (90) calendar days after the closing of the Transaction, or five (5) calendar days after notice of entry of this Final Judgment by the Court, whichever is later, to divest the Divestiture Assets in a manner consistent with this Final Judgment to one or more Acquirers acceptable to the United States, in its sole discretion. The United States, in its sole discretion, may agree to one or more extensions of this time period not to exceed ninety (90) calendar days in total, and shall notify the Court in such circumstances. With respect to divestiture of the Divestiture Assets by Disney or a trustee appointed pursuant to Section V of this Final Judgment, Disney agrees to use its best efforts to divest the Divestiture Assets as expeditiously as possible after the closing of the Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Final Judgment shall require Fox to divest any of the Divestiture Assets prior to the closing of the Transaction.
2. Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 13, 2017, as amended on June 20, 2018, Disney agreed to acquire certain assets and businesses, including Fox's ownership ( printed page 40554) of or interests in its RSNs, FX cable networks, National Geographic cable networks, television studio, Hulu, film studio, and international television businesses, (the “Sale Assets”) from Fox for approximately $71.3 billion (the “Transaction”). Fox operates and proposes to sell to Disney its interests in the following RSNs: (i) Fox Sports Arizona, (ii) Fox Sports Carolinas, (iii) Fox Sports Detroit, (iv) Fox Sports Florida, (v) Fox Sports Indiana, (vi) Fox Sports Kansas City, (vii) Fox Sports Midwest, (viii) Fox Sports New Orleans, (ix) Fox Sports North, (x) Fox Sports Ohio, (xi) SportsTime Ohio, (xii) Fox Sports Oklahoma, (xiii) Fox Sports San Diego, (xiv) Fox Sports South, (xv) Fox Sports Southeast, (xvi) Fox Sports Southwest, (xvii) Fox Sports Sun, (xviii) Fox Sports Tennessee, (xix) Fox Sports West, (xx) Prime Ticket, (xxi) Fox Sports Wisconsin, and (xxii) the YES Network.
Environmental investigations cited by IPE reported violations at several suspected Disney suppliers, including wastewater discharge above legal limits at Shanghai Lennon Textile in 2013. Disney said two Atechs facilities were not authorized to make Disney-branded products; it said one had not been authorized since 2009 and served independent licensees for their own accounts.
…[E]nvironmental groups’ extensive research and follow-up investigations show that behind Disney’s supply chain environmental management performance consistently lags far behind that of leading industry brands…Shanghai Lennon Textile Co., Ltd…obtained licensing from Disney…IPE’s public database show that in 2013, the company’s total wastewater discharge exceeded the legal standard for chroma…
A Florida fact-check found no evidence for a claim that 108 Disney employees were arrested in a child-pornography sting. Polk County authorities said four Disney employees and 104 others were arrested in a March 2022 operation; allegations against the four varied, including one involving sexual messages to an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old. Disney did not comment.
Claim: Authorities recently arrested 108 Disney employees for child pornography as part of a human trafficking sting operation.
In March 1988, Florida’s Department of Environmental Regulation said a January inspection of Walt Disney World found nine hazardous-waste violations, seven deemed major, and proposed a $174,399 fine. The agency sought groundwater testing and a dozen corrections; Disney had an opportunity to contest the findings and negotiate the penalty. Disney spokesman John Dreyer said the company would review the report and meet with regulators.
“We have done our best to comply with DER regulations. We will certainly continue to and if there are things that need to be corrected, I have every confidence that we will,” said John Dreyer, a Walt Disney World spokesman. “We need to review the report. We haven’t had a chance to thoroughly look at it. We will have an informal conference with DER to discuss it. Beyond that, I don’t think there’s too much we can say.”
A December 9, 2014 ICIJ investigation said Disney used complex Luxembourg structures proposed by Ernst & Young in 2009, including intercompany loans and transfers that could shift profits from higher-tax countries. ICIJ reported the documents lacked Luxembourg approval stamps but said public filings confirmed the described actions. Disney disputed the reporting’s accuracy and said its global effective tax rate averaged 34% over five years.
“Our global effective tax rate has averaged 34% for the past 5 years and 35% in the most recent year,” said Zenia Mucha, Disney’s spokeswoman in the U.S. “We manage our tax affairs responsibly and aim to fully comply with all applicable tax rules. Your assertions are not based on an accurate understanding of our global tax position.” She did not respond to a dozen detailed questions emailed to the company and did not specify what she saw as inaccuracies.
A separate set of documents reported on by ICIJ on Dec. 9 expanded the list of companies seeking tax rulings from Luxembourg to include American entertainment icon The Walt Disney Co., politically controversial Koch industries and 33 other firms. The new files revealed that alongside PwC tax rulings were also brokered by Ernst & Young, Deloitte and KPMG, among other accounting firms.
Robert Iger said Disney would continue telling stories featuring same-sex couples and diverse identities, guided by fairness and inclusion, while being careful about differing views. He also said executives should consider political diversity in storytelling. The New York Times reported that his tenure brought diverse casting and stories, alongside audience backlash and internal concern over controversies.
IGER: This is really complicated for a couple of reasons. First of all, because our brand stands for fairness and justice and inclusion, all people being treated equally, we have purposely, in telling our stories, told stories that touch upon some of the more—some controversial issues that exist in today’s world, although we’ve not in any way been shy about it because we fundamentally believe it’s the right thing for us to do. And so I’m thinking specifically about same-sex couples and homosexuality as a for instance. And we’ve—we will continue to do that, but we do so—how do I put it?—with care because we’re reaching a world that doesn’t necessarily agree with us on all of these issues, and we try to be—we just try to be sensitive about it. So it’s a delicate balance between us wanting to foster a sense of fairness and equality and justice, and, in effect, have the product that we make best reflect the world that we’re doing business in. In order to that, you’re including in your product people of multi-colors and backgrounds and ethnicities and sexual orientation and you name it.
But in recent years, there has been a noticeable change. Robert A. Iger, who served as chief executive from 2005 to 2020, pushed the world’s largest entertainment company to emphasize diverse casting and storytelling. As he said at Disney’s 2017 shareholder meeting, referring to inclusion and equality: “We can take those values, which we deem important societally, and actually change people’s behavior — get people to be more accepting of the multiple differences and cultures and races and all other facets of our lives and our people.”
Disney CEO Bob Chapek initially avoided a public position on Florida’s 2022 education law, then opposed it after employee and public criticism. The company called for repeal or a court ruling and paused Florida political donations. Supporters and critics assailed Disney’s conduct, while the supplied accounts also report prior donations to lawmakers supporting the measure.
On March 8, 2022, the Florida legislature passed a bill that restricted instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in K-3 classrooms. Disney received backlash from LGBT interest groups and Democrats over its lack of vocal opposition for the bill. Disney had previously given $300,000 to candidates and PACs which support the bill, including $50,000 to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). 7
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also spent years feuding with Disney, after the company criticised a state law, known as "Don't Say Gay" that restricted the teaching of sexuality in schools.
At first, Disney tried not to take a side on the legislation, at least publicly, which prompted an employee revolt. Disney then aggressively denounced the bill — only to find itself in the cross hairs of Fox News hosts and Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, who sent a fund-raising email to supporters saying that “Woke Disney” had “lost any moral authority to tell you what to do.” Florida lawmakers began threatening to revoke a 55-year-old law that enables Walt Disney World to essentially function as its own municipal government. (Disney had already been at odds with the governor on pandemic issues like a vaccine mandate for employees.)
A New York Times op-ed from Peter Coy suggested that Disney’s leadership under Chapek tries to take a neutral stance to please all sides of the political spectrum, both in the United States and globally, for the sake of its profits, but its progressive employees continually force the leadership to engage in politics. 17
Bob Chapek became president and CEO of Disney in 2020. In March 2022, CNN described the transition as “a shift from an outspoken, famous CEO with political ambitions, to a largely unfamiliar name whose politics remain a mystery.” When the Florida legislature considered a bill that would restrict the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, Chapek took an explicitly neutral stance, warning that corporate statements are “often weaponized by one side or the other to further divide and inflame.” 5
Last summer, “Muppet Babies,” a Disney Junior series for children ages 3 to 8, gently explored gender identity. Gonzo donned a gown, defying a directive from Miss Piggy “that the girls come as princesses and the boys come as knights.” Out magazine wrote that the episode “just sent a powerful message of love and acceptance to gender-variant kids everywhere!” And a far-right pundit blasted Disney for “pushing the trans agenda” on children, starting an online brush fire.
One person called Disney to task for contributions to legislators who have championed bills that restrict voting and reproductive rights. Mr. Chapek said that Disney gave money to “both sides of the aisle” and that it was reassessing its donation policies. (He subsequently paused all contributions in Florida.) Another representative for a shareholder advocacy group then took the microphone and noted that “Disney from its very inception has always represented a safe haven for children,” before veering into homophobic and transphobic comments and asking Mr. Chapek to “ditch the politicization and gender ideology.”
In March 2022, Florida ratified its Parental Rights in Education Act—dubbed the "Don’t Say Gay" bill by critics—which prohibited classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity through third grade. Disney CEO, Bob Chapek, initially refused to take a public position.
In some cases, Disney has willingly waded into cultural issues. Last summer, to applause from progressives and snarls from the far right, Disney decided to make loudspeaker announcements at its theme parks gender neutral, removing “ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls” in favor of “dreamers of all ages.” But the entertainment giant has also found itself dragged into the fray, as with the recent imbroglio over a new Florida law that among many things restricts classroom instruction through third grade on sexual orientation and gender identity and has been labeled by opponents as “Don’t Say Gay.”
On March 22, a group of conservative Disney employees published an open letter anonymously out of fear of retaliation expressing concerns about hostility at Disney against right-leaning employees, especially given recent attempts by Disney’s leadership to placate left-leaning employees angered by the company’s reaction to the Florida bill. The employees wrote, “The Walt Disney Company has come to be an increasingly uncomfortable place to work for those of us whose political and religious views are not explicitly progressive. We watch quietly as our beliefs come under attack from our own employer, and we frequently see those who share our opinions condemned as villains by our own leadership.” The employees asked for Disney’s leadership to embrace a politically neutral stance. 18
Facts: The term “grooming” is being used on social media to undermine Disney’s diversity initiatives, a tactic that also has been used at school board meetings across the country by parents who oppose discussions of sexual orientation in schools.
Disney-owned ABC sued the FCC in August 2026, alleging retaliation and violations of free-speech rights; the agency said it was investigating possible unlawful discrimination. The dispute also includes an early review of ABC station licenses and questions about “The View’s” equal-time exemption. A judge denied Disney’s request for an urgent hearing, and FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez characterized the agency’s actions as a coordinated censorship
The US government agency that regulates television says it is opening an investigation into Disney's diversity and inclusion practices, in the latest sign of pressure being applied to media firms.
Walt Disney Co. has picked up a vocal ally in its fight against the Federal Communications Commission: one of the panel's three commissioners. FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez — the panel's lone Democrat — took a rare step of sending a letter to Disney Chief Executive Officer Josh D'Amaro on Monday to describe what she sees as a pressure campaign to weaken not just Disney's ABC network — but also all media outlets that provide critical coverage of President Trump. "What Disney and ABC are facing is not a series of coincidental regulatory actions but a sustained, coordinated campaign of censorship and control, carried out through the weaponization of the FCC’s authority as a federal regulator," Gomez wrote. The FCC's efforts were all about "pressuring a free and independent press and all media into submission," Gomez wrote in the four-page missive to D'Amaro. Her outreach comes after the FCC, in a highly unusual move, initiated an early review of the broadcast licenses for ABC stations that Disney owns, including KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Disney owns eight stations and its licenses were not set to expire for two to five years. Now, the company must defend its licenses by providing extensive documentation to demonstrate that its stations serve the public interest. "Using the licenses of individual local stations as leverage against a parent company is an extraordinary and dangerous misapplication of this agency's authority," Gomez wrote. The FCC also demanded that Disney's Houston television station explain why the ABC daytime show, "The View," should be entitled to an exemption from providing equal airtime for a politician whose opponent appears on a program. Disney has said "The View" was granted an exemption from the FCC's equal opportunity rule in 2002 and the show has not changed its format or some of its hosts. The FCC has long granted the exemption to news programs, but this year FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, questioned how it was being used and suggested that certain talk shows shouldn't qualify. On Thursday, Disney filed a blistering petition to the FCC, challenging its inquiry on "The View," which began in February when Texas Democrat James Talerico, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, appeared on the show as his campaign was attracting national attention. The FCC wanted to know why the Texas station didn't invite other Texas candidates on to "The View." Last week, the FCC defended its inquiry. “Decades ago, Congress passed a law that generally prohibits broadcast television programs
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)'s ABC filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on August 18, 2026, calling the agency's investigation into the network a "retaliatory campaign." A federal judge rejected Disney's request for an urgent hearing on August 20, 2026, setting a filing deadline of September 24 and a hearing in early October instead.
The FCC took the unusual step of initiating an early review of Disney’s ABC broadcast licenses — including KABC-TV Los Angeles — before they were set to expire and challenging “The View’s” equal-time exemption.
Disney, to its discredit, has caved a couple of times to Trump administration pressures. First, it settled a suit by agreeing to pay a Trump-related foundation $15 million following remarks by ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos. Then, it took Jimmy Kimmel off the air for a short period following his highly criticized remarks about the death of Charlie Kirk. But now Disney has found its courage given that the stakes are much higher: revocation of eight television licenses is the death penalty for a television station group.
Disney-owned ABC sued the FCC on Tuesday morning, alleging that the government agency is violating the First Amendment and trying to influence editorial content it deems unfriendly to the president.
Meanwhile, Walt Disney just filed a lawsuit against the FCC's early renewal investigation, citing its freedom of speech/press rights.
ABC News settled Donald Trump’s defamation suit for $15 million; TheWrap reported that Disney’s general counsel recommended and CEO Bob Iger approved the deal amid concerns about trial prospects, a larger award and Trump’s possible Supreme Court appeal and hostility toward ABC. A separate Forbes article quoted Disney’s 2024 annual report noting that consumer views of its social and environmental positions can affect preferences.
“Our businesses create entertainment, travel and consumer products, the success of which depends substantially on consumer tastes and preferences that change in often unpredictable ways,” the Walt Disney Company stated in its 2024 Annual Report. “Preferences of some consumers are affected by their perceptions of our position on matters of public interest, including regarding environmental and social issues.”
According to reporting based on an internal memo, Disney removed diversity and inclusion from executive performance factors, replacing it with a talent strategy, and renamed its Reimagine Tomorrow site MyDisneyToday. The memo retained inclusion as a company value and emphasized belonging. Forbes also reported Disney removed DEI terms and related material from its 2024 annual report; conservative commentators called the shift a retreat.
The Walt Disney Company is backing away from DEI initiatives to refocus on its core entertainment business mission, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters.
In November 2024, Fox Business reported that Disney removed the words "diversity," "inclusion," and "DEI" from its annual business report for the first time since 2019. It also removed the dedicated section outlining goals to support underrepresented creatives, and references to its "Reimagine Tomorrow" initiative and over 100 employee-led diversity groups.
In June 2017, Walt Disney Co. settled a defamation suit brought by Beef Products Inc. over ABC News reports about its finely textured beef. BPI alleged the coverage misled consumers about product safety and said sales fell; Disney disclosed related legal costs, but settlement terms were confidential.
Five years after an infamous ABC News report describing "pink slime" in ground beef created a national uproar, the network's corporate parent Walt Disney (DIS) has settled a defamation case brought by the food company that created the product for more than $177 million, the most ever in a corporate legal case of its kind.Meat processor Beef Products Inc. filed suit in 2012 charging that ABC's coverage of its product -- officially called "finely textured beef" -- misled consumers into thinking it wasn't safe to eat. After the reports aired, some grocery chains said they would no longer carry ground beef containing what ABC dubbed "pink slime." As a result, sales plummeted from about 5 million pounds per week to less than 2 million pounds.The South Dakota-based company, whose product was used in about 70 percent of the nation's ground beef, had originally sought as much as $1.9 billion in damages, an amount that could have been tripled to $5.7 billion under South Dakota's Agricultural Food Product Disparagement Act, which the company alleged ABC had violated.Executives from the Burbank, Calif.-based media conglomerate, whose properties include ESPN and Walt Disney World resorts, settled the case with BPI in June. Disney disclosed the legal costs associated with the litigation when it reported earnings Thursday. Terms of the settlement, though, were confidential."ABC was hemorrhaging legal costs," said Charles Glasser, a media lawyer and a Media Law and Ethics Professor at NYU's Graduate School of Journalism, adding that a trial alone could have cost ABC "a million dollars or more.""We forget that these news organizations are corporations -- they have a fiduciary duty to stockholders," he said.BPI's case was unusual for several reasons. About 80 percent of libel and defamation cases get thrown out of court on procedural grounds before they reach a jury. Media companies that make what most experts would deem "honest mistakes" are typically protected by the First Amendment. However, when the case survives the initial challenges, the odds tilt in favor of the plaintiff against the media companies -- particularly those seen as having deep pockets."They had to do a risk calculation about what if this thing goes to trial," Glasser said.The Hulk Hogan litigation against the now-defunct Gawker website might have served as a cautionary tale for ABC News.Gawker Media filed for bankruptcy protection last year after losing the case the former professional wrestler brought against it for publishing a sex tape featuring him. A Florida jury awarded $140 million in damages to Hogan, who ultimately settled for $31 million through federal bankruptcy court. Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, whom Gawker had outed as a gay man in earlier coverage, had bankrolled the Hogan case. Whether the BPI and Gawker cases will have a "chilling effect" on newsrooms is hard to say."Yes, there is much more public hostility to the media in general," Glasser said, adding that there is a "sad tendency to say the sky is falling every time a media entity loses a case."For his part, Glasser doesn't share that pessimism, noting that huge jury verdicts against the media aren't new and that the protections afforded by the First Amendment remain robust.
Robert Iger said Disney supported the Paris Climate Accords because it viewed environmental impact—including energy use, sourcing and theme-park operations—as a business concern. He described the company’s position as support for a global effort to protect the environment, even if it appeared political.
In terms of other positions, we took a position as a company on the Paris Climate Accords because—and we are—when we think about how we behave as a citizen of the world, one of the things we think about a lot is what is our environmental footprint: How much are we consuming? Where are we sourcing our goods from? Where do we get our energy from? Those sorts of things. And it’s reflected in a number of different ways, particularly at our theme parks. We felt that we—that the world has a huge problem in terms of the environment, and that the Paris Climate Accords offered the world an opportunity to actually convene together and cooperate to make the world simply a healthier place and a better place to do business. So that was a business decision that we made that maybe appeared to be political, but we thought there was a very specific reason The Walt Disney Company should be in favor of a global effort to protect the environment.
In 2016, Iger joined President Donald Trump’s business advisory council despite opposition from many within and outside Disney. Iger had previously voiced support for some of President Trump’s tax policies, though he disagreed with the president’s immigration policies. Iger resigned from the position in June 2017 along with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in response to then-President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accords. 4
A May 1, 2026 Forbes article says Josh D’Amaro announced 1,000 layoffs days after taking over Disney, largely in declining areas such as home entertainment. The article describes the cuts as part of reshaping the company for a digital future.
That said, plenty of hot takes said D’Amaro was facing his first challenge as Top of the Mouse House. Not really. Days after he arrived, D’Amaro announced 1,000 layoffs, largely targeting fading areas of the sprawling Disney operations, such as home entertainment. That’s not nothing, as he reshapes Disney for its digital future.
Forbes reported that a man staying at Disney’s Polynesian Resort brought an AR-15 and a handgun onto the property, saying he was concerned about protests. The sheriff’s office did not arrest him because he reportedly had a valid Florida concealed-weapons permit; the hotel stored his guns for the rest of his stay. Disney policy bars firearms on its properties.
While not all incidents result in arrest, Disney will separate gun-toting guests from their firearms if they are discovered on Disney property. Last September, a Florida man staying with his family at Disney’s Polynesian Resort packed an AR-15 in a tennis bag and also brought a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun with him, three rifle magazines with 30 rounds each and two Sig Sauer magazines with 10 rounds each, per a report by CBS-affiliated 10 Tampa Bay News. The man claimed he had concerns about recent protests in the area. The Orange County Sheriff’s office did not arrest him because he reportedly had a valid concealed weapons permit in Florida, however the hotel stored the man’s guns for the remainder of his stay. Guests are prohibited from bringing firearms, ammunition or any weapons to its properties, per Disney policy.
Robert Iger said Disney had worked to create a workplace where employees could report unethical or dangerous conduct, but acknowledged the company still had work to do, especially so women felt safe speaking up. He said Disney had experienced transgressions and that some people had lost their jobs over them.
IGER: Well, we’ve been working really hard for a long period of time before this really exploded as a subject to create an environment at our company that people feel safe in. And that means to give them an opportunity to rise up and express themselves if they feel anything is being done that is simply not ethical, wrong, dangerous, over the line, you name it. And I would say—I’m not going to speak for the rest of Hollywood, but I would say we have—even though we have expressed that belief strongly, that we, like many companies, have—still have work to do in that regard.
USA TODAY found no record that Disney CEO Bob Iger donated directly to Donald Trump’s presidential campaigns, rebutting a viral claim about media executives. A later AV Club report said Iger, who had supported Democratic candidates in past cycles, gave neither presidential candidate money in 2024; it speculated about his reasons but did not establish them.
According to regulatory filings (via Puck News), Iger—a 2016 Hillary Clinton supporter, a 2020 Joe Biden donor, and a contributor to many of Kamala Harris’ past campaigns in California—did not donate any money to either candidate. If you wanted to know why he decided to abstain from this particularly important election, you’d have to ask him. One theory is that the Disney CEO wanted to avoid getting the company caught in more political imbroglios after finally settling the situation with Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Another theory is that Iger was intimidated out of entering the fray by once-and-future president Donald Trump‘s blanket threats to prosecute his enemies and investigate media organizations he doesn’t like.
At Disney’s annual shareholder meeting on April 3, 2024, CEO Bob Iger defended the company against accusations of progressive political bias. His remarks followed a shareholder’s question about whether Disney could avoid political and social agendas and focus on entertainment; the report excerpt does not provide Iger’s specific response.
Disney CEO Bob Iger defended the iconic company from accusations that it is politically biased in favor of progressivism at the annual meeting of shareholders on Wednesday.
Fox News reported that Dana Walden, a senior Disney executive overseeing ABC News, had donated to Kamala Harris campaigns since at least 2003 and hosted a 2022 fundraiser at her home. Disney said Walden did not weigh in on editorial decisions and had not hosted a Harris fundraiser since June 2022, when ABC News came under her scope.
Dana Walden has donated to dozens of Democrats and contributed to Harris’s political campaigns since at least 2003, when she ran for district attorney in San Francisco. She went on to donate to her subsequent campaigns for California Attorney General and U.S. Senate, as well as her 2020 White House bid. Harris even credited Dana and Matt for her marriage at a fundraiser in April 2022, which was held at Walden's home in Los Angeles.
In 2015, Disney agreed to install filters in six to eight catch basins at its Burbank studio and pay $250,000 toward plaintiffs’ legal costs to end a lawsuit over stormwater discharges. Disney denied that it needed a federal permit and admitted no liability. The settlement did not include Environmental World Watch, whose related state-court claims Disney continued to contest.
Under the terms, Disney continues to deny it needs a federal permit and will continue to discharge storm water and certain categories of non-storm water, but has agreed to install drop-inlet filters in six to eight catch basins to capture the water runoff from parking lots and roads at its movie studio lot. In addition, Disney would pay $250,000 to go to the plaintiffs’ lawyers to defer the cost of pursuing the litigation. In exchange, the lawsuit will end, and the plaintiffs (not EWW, see below) will release Disney from further claims on the matter.
Robert Iger said Disney lobbied the Obama administration, including trade representative Michael Froman, to strengthen intellectual-property protections in the South Korea agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He argued that copyright protections supported U.S. jobs and exports. Iger also cited political and economic stability, censorship, and IP protection as factors in decisions about entering markets.
IGER: I think—well, I’m not going to comment on how you use trade, but I can say that in some of the international trade agreements—the South Korea trade agreement and the, I guess, ill-fated and maybe soon-to-be re-fated Trans-Pacific trade agreement—there was robust intellectual property protection built into that agreement, and we lobbied heavily with the Obama administration and specifically with Michael Froman to make that language as robust as possible for the obvious reason—
The SEC found that Disney failed to disclose, in required filings from 1999 through 2001, compensation and business ties involving directors’ family members and directors themselves. The agency said the omissions violated securities disclosure rules. Disney consented, without admitting or denying the findings, to an order to cease and desist; it later filed disclosures, some more than a year after the relevant reports.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today instituted settled enforcement proceedings against The Walt Disney Company (Disney). The Commission charged Disney for failing to disclose certain related party transactions between Disney and its directors, and for failing to disclose certain compensation paid to a Disney director. Under the settlement, Disney consented to the entry of an Order that it cease and desist from violating the proxy solicitation and periodic reporting provisions of the federal securities laws.
From 1999 through 2001, three adult children of Disney board members (Reveta Bowers, Stanley Gold, and Raymond Watson), who were employed by Disney in nonexecutive positions, received compensation in excess of $60,000 annually from Disney, the threshold amount requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act. These three children received compensation from Disney ranging from slightly above $60,000 to more than $150,000 per year. Disney failed to disclose the employment of these directors' children in its periodic filings made with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act until August 9, 2002, when Disney filed its Form 10-K/A.
InfluenceWatch reports that from 1998 through 2021, Disney spent at least $2.4 million per year on lobbying, with spending reaching nearly $6 million in 2008.
From 1998-2021, Disney spent at least $2.4 million per year on lobbying, reaching a height of almost $6 million in 2008. 10
InfluenceWatch reports that after the January 6 Capitol riot, Disney announced it would cease financial contributions to politicians and candidates who objected to certifying the 2020 presidential election results.
After the January 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, Disney announced that it would cease all financial contributions to politicians and political candidates who objected to the certification of the Electoral College results in the 2020 presidential election. 12
A scholarly account cites former CEO Michael Eisner’s view that an Anaheim hockey team would benefit Disneyland. It says Disney invested in the Mighty Ducks and acquired the California Angels to promote Anaheim as a vacation destination, rather than primarily to profit from the teams; Disney later sold the Angels in 2003, reportedly at a loss.
In his 1998 autobiography, Work in Progress, then-CEO Michael Eisner identified a number of motivations for creating an Anaheim-based professional hockey team, The Mighty Ducks, which was named after a Disney film series. Among other reasons that he cited, Eisner believed that having “a professional hockey team and programs related to it was good for Anaheim, and therefore also good for Disneyland” (cited in Gentile, 2002: 1). In other words, Eisner was identifying one of his strategies for generating more revenue for his Anaheim-based theme park, Disneyland: Invest in the City of Anaheim to generate more revenue at Disneyland.
Disney employees donated more than $20 million to candidates and PACs during the 2020 election cycle, with most individual donations going to Democrats. The largest recipient was America First Action Committee, which received $10 million from Isaac Perlmutter, then Marvel Entertainment’s chairman and former CEO; he also gave more than $667,000 to the Republican National Committee.
In the 2020 election cycle, Disney employees donated more than $20 million to political candidates and PACs. While the vast majority of individual donations went to Democrats, the single largest recipient was the right-of-center America First Action Committee, which received $10 million from Isaac Perlmutter, the chairman and former CEO of Marvel Entertainment, a Disney subsidiary. Perlmutter also gave more than $667,000 to the Republican National Committee. 9 10
Disney’s UK subsidiary, Magical Cruise Company, recalculated emissions figures in its 2022 filings after a systematic error had overstated reported emissions for 2020 and 2021—by up to 35 times. Disney said unused fuel had been counted repeatedly and that it corrected the figures to include fuel used in UK waters under reporting rules.
Disney has revealed that its cruise line repeatedly overstated its emissions in company filings due to a systematic error which led to the results being as much as 35 times higher than they actually were.
Robert Iger said Disney took a public position supporting an extension of DACA after employees who were DREAMers shared fears of deportation. He said the company did not conduct significant lobbying on the issue and, to his knowledge, did not incorporate it into its stories.
We also took a position on DACA. We did that because we have a number of employees that are DREAMers, and they came forward to me in some cases and expressed a fear that they had about being sent back to a country that they may have been born in but they had no familiarity with, in some cases didn’t speak the language, in all cases didn’t have homes to go back to, and in many cases didn’t even have family to return to. And in expressing those sentiments to me, I felt that there was a reason why the company should support extending DACA and enabling those people to stay in the country that they considered home.
At Disney’s 2024 shareholder meeting, Scott Shepard of the Free Enterprise Project urged the company to avoid charitable donations to partisan groups, alleging Disney promoted radical gender ideology to children. Shareholders rejected his proposal and a separate left-leaning proposal concerning groups and candidates that downplay climate change or oppose abortion.
Scott Shepard of the Free Enterprise Project touted his group's proposal that Disney refrain from charitable donations to partisan charities by telling Iger that "making Disney synonymous with force-feeding radical gender ideology to small school children and then hiding the results from parents would send Disney's core audience flooding away."
YouTube TV subscribers alleged Disney used carriage agreements requiring ESPN in base packages to limit cheaper competing bundles and contribute to higher costs. Disney agreed to a $50 million settlement without admitting wrongdoing; it remains subject to final court approval. Eligible YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream subscribers may file claims for qualifying subscriptions from April 2019 through March 2026.
Plaintiffs claimed that Disney’s carriage agreements required streaming platforms to include ESPN in base channel packages, limiting the ability of competitors to offer cheaper bundles. The complaint argued this structure gave Disney pricing leverage across the industry and contributed to higher consumer costs.
In 2024, Robert Iger said a settlement with Florida’s DeSantis administration over the state’s law restricting gender studies through third grade would enable significant investment in Disney’s Florida parks. The account also cited political donations by Disney executives and Iger, but did not link those donations to the settlement.
Iger also recently settled a dispute with DeSantis over Florida's bill that outlawed gender studies until after the third grade, which critics called the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Iger said Wednesday that the settlement "will actually enable us to pursue the kinds of significant investment in our Florida parks."
A September 2021 USA TODAY opinion article reported that Robert Iger, then executive chairman of Walt Disney Co. and formerly head of ABC, had given more than $1 million in political donations. The article did not specify recipients, timing, or the breakdown of his contributions.
►Robert Iger, executive chairman of the Walt Disney Co. and who once ran ABC, gave over $1 million.
InfluenceWatch reported that the Walt Disney Co. PAC spent about $250,000 to $650,000 per election cycle from 2000 through 2020, with spending declining after 2016. It said donations were roughly evenly split between parties overall, while 60% went to Democrats in 2020; Rep. Jerrold Nadler was the largest recipient.
The Walt Disney Co. PAC has spent about $250,000 to $650,000 each election cycle from 2000 to 2020. Spending has declined since 2016, reaching $251,000 in the 2020 cycle. Donations are roughly evenly split between Democratic and Republican candidates and PACs. In the 2020 election cycle, 60% of donations went to Democrats, with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) being the largest recipient. 11
OpenSecrets’ 2021–2022 election-cycle records list contributions to Walt Disney Co.’s PAC from people identified with Disney and its businesses. The entries include several $5,000 donations by executives and other employees in 2021 and 2022; the page says individual donors made 350 contributions of $200 or more during the cycle.
Individual donors gave 350 large ($200+) contributions to this PAC in the 2021-2022 election cycle
In 2008, Disney argued Florida’s new law allowing permitted employees to keep guns in cars at work did not apply because its parks use federally regulated explosives for fireworks. A Disney security guard said he was suspended after bringing a gun in his vehicle. The NRA accused Disney of violating employees’ gun rights; a lawsuit was filed by employers.
Disney says the law doesn't apply to it because its nightly fireworks show falls under a provision that exempts companies that "use, store or transport explosives." It's continuing its zero tolerance policy for guns and says employees who bring them to work can be fired.
An Orlando Sentinel opinion column published September 18, 2026, said Disney had recently donated to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s political committee and was hosting a $25,000-per-person fundraising weekend for him the following month. The article said Disney would not explain why; the supplied excerpt gives no donation amount.
Disney recently donated to Attorney General James Uthmeier’s political committee and is hosting a $25,000-a-person fundraising weekend for him next month. The company won’t say why. (Orlando Sentinel file)
In an October 1, 2026 Bloomberg interview, Disney President and Chief Creative Officer Dana Walden said the company was not firing people every six months. She said it continually needed to assess its organizational structure and described layoffs as “extremely painful.”
Dana Walden, Walt Disney Co.’s president and its first chief creative officer, says the company is not firing people every six months. She does say there is a constant need to look at how an organization is structured and that layoffs are "extremely painful." She speaks to Lucas Shaw at Bloomberg Screentime in Los Angeles.
At Disney’s April 3, 2024 shareholder meeting, detransition advocate Chloe Cole urged support for a National Legal and Policy Center proposal requiring Disney to cover employees’ de-transitioning care. Cole said media companies, including Disney, had contributed to her irreversible physical harm and accused Disney of promoting “gender ideology.” Shareholders voted against the proposal; Disney called it unnecessary and cited its diversity, equity,
At one point during Wednesday's meeting, a girl who began transitioning to a boy at age 16 with puberty blockers and a double mastectomy, then de-transitioned, blamed Disney and others in the media for her body being "irreversibly damaged."
FEC records for the Walt Disney Company Employees PAC show $344,265 in receipts and $384,171 in disbursements from January 1, 2025, through October 14, 2026. The committee reported $381,250 in contributions to other committees and no independent expenditures. The filing summary does not identify recipients or indicate which candidates or political positions benefited.
A 2013 Variety profile said Dana Walden supported UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center after her mother received treatment there. She helped raise funds from the television industry and personally supported an event; she joined the foundation’s board in 2010 and became co-vice chair in 2011. The article also described her service on other boards and family involvement in animal welfare causes.
The chairman and CEO jokingly describes herself as a “serial board-joiner,” and rightfully so. She sits on the board of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation, the Los Angeles Zoo, the homeless employment organization Chrysalis and L.A.’s Saban Free Clinic. She’s been honored by the Legal Aid Foundation with the Access to Justice Award and received the Sherry Lansing Award from the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles.
When Dana Walden isn’t busy expanding 20th Century Fox TV’s portfolio of TV hits, which includes “Modern Family” and “Homeland,” she can frequently be found adding onto her substantial list of charity work.
A post quoted in an April 13, 2022 fact-check criticized Disney for cruises visiting Dominica, where the post said being gay is illegal, and accused the company of prioritizing money and having ties to China. It also claimed Disney faced summer cancellations and rising prices; the excerpt provides no verification of those claims.
Disney cruise line visits the Caribbean Island nation of Dominica. it’s illegal to be gay there. sounds like Disney only cares about money. that is a far difference in not talking about sex until 4 th grade. Disney is already seeing cancellations this summer and cedar point is becoming booked up already for the summer. Disney who is in bed with China has no room to tell anybody what to do, they will increase their prices again this summer, but that’s okay liberals are so easy to take advantage of.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. voluntarily disclosed to California’s Air Resources Board that it had delivered or imported small off-road engine equipment that did not match its certified equipment. In August 2024, it agreed to a $56,250 penalty: half was directed to a school air-quality project, and half to the state’s air-pollution fund.
Disney voluntarily disclosed to CARB that it had delivered or imported into California for introduction into commerce in California, SORE equipment that were not in all material respects the same as equipment certified under Disney’s Executive Order U-U-217-004.