PETER GRIFFIN: Facebook ad boycott - a turning point?

Peter Griffin
Wed, 01 Jul 2020

Earlier this week, I watched an argument play out over Twitter about Bill Foley, the American billionaire who has bought up a number of New Zealand’s best-loved vineyards in recent years. A San Francisco Chronicle reporter, looking through the US political donations register, noticed that Foley, a Californian, had donated nearly $400,000 to Donald Trump since 2016. He has given millions more over the years to a range of Republican politicians and political action committees. The Twitter talk turned to boycotting Foley-owne...

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