Hulu Denied Democratic Political Ads From Airing. Two Days Later, It Changed Its Mind.

Disney confirmed in a statement to Axios it will change Hulu’s advertising policies to allow political advertising. The decision comes only two days after the company denied ads created by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Governors Association. The denial had sparked online outrage among Democrats.

The ads that prompted internet outcry depict congressional Republicans and former president Donald Trump as unfeeling about gun violence toward children and accuses them of a "coordinated Republican attack" on abortion.

This is the latest political controversy in which Disney has caved to Democratic pressure. Last March, Disney opposed Governor Ron DeSantis's (R., Fla.) Florida Parental Rights in Education bill after the Democrats characterized it as the "Don't Say Gay Bill."