FuboTV
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FuboTV |
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| Industry | Streaming television; digital advertising |
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
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| Status | Active |
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Overview
FuboTV is a U.S.-based live television streaming service offering sports-focused and general entertainment packages, operating through a combination of subscription fees and advertising-supported content. In 2025, media reporting and advocacy monitoring identified FuboTV as one of several streaming platforms that carried paid recruitment advertisements for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of a broader Department of Homeland Security (DHS) digital recruitment campaign targeting streaming audiences. [1]
Boycott
FuboTV is listed for boycott due to its role in distributing ICE recruitment advertisements on its advertising-supported streaming service and the resulting public backlash. Reporting in 2025 documented ICE recruitment video advertisements appearing during live and on-demand programming on FuboTV, prompting criticism from viewers, immigrant-rights organizations, and civil-liberties advocates, and leading to calls for subscription cancellations and advertiser pressure. [2]
Additional coverage described DHS allocating millions of dollars toward digital video advertising across commercial streaming services, including live TV platforms such as FuboTV, due to their ability to reach younger, sports-oriented, and cord-cutting demographics. [3]
FuboTV confirmed that the advertisements were paid government recruitment placements delivered through its advertising systems and permitted under existing platform advertising policies. Advocacy groups argue that hosting ICE recruitment advertising constitutes material support for immigration enforcement agencies linked to detention, deportation, and civil-rights violations, and therefore warrants inclusion in organized boycott campaigns. [1]
Background
ICE increasingly relies on digital advertising and streaming television platforms to conduct recruitment campaigns designed to sustain enforcement and investigative capacity. Live TV streaming services with ad-supported models play a growing role in these efforts. ICE List documents platforms that host or distribute ICE recruitment advertising when such activity is publicly documented and associated with organized boycott calls. [1]