Nine luxury worldwide hotels owned by Brunei have either shut down their social media accounts or made them inaccessible, following global backlash against the country's recently-introduced laws making gay sex punishable by stoning to death or flogging. Ellen DeGeneres joined Elton John and George Clooney in calling for a boycott of the establishments. The social backlash appears to have escalated after US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres shared a Twitter post naming the nine Brunei-owned hotels to boycott. three of the hotels' Twitter accounts have since been deactivated, all Facebook accounts rendered inaccessible, and all but three Islamic accounts deleted or deactivated. The Dorchester Collection , which manages the Nine hotels, cited "personal abuse directed at our employees".
Nine luxury worldwide hotels owned by Brunei have either shut down their social media accounts or made them inaccessible, following global backlash against the country's recently-introduced laws making gay sex punishable by stoning to death or flogging. Ellen DeGeneres joined Elton John and George Clooney in calling for a boycott of the establishments. three of the hotels' Twitter accounts have since been deactivated, all Facebook accounts rendered inaccessible, and all but three Islamic accounts deleted or deactivated. The Dorchester Collection , which manages the Nine hotels, cited "personal abuse directed at our employees".