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Gulf States demand Netflix pull content deemed offensive

Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant, Netflix, remove content deemed offensive to "Islamic and societal values" in the region, Saudi Arabia's media regulator said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. It did not specify the content but mentioned that it included content aimed at children. Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV, in a programme discussing the issue, showed blurred-out animation clips that appeared to show two girls embracing. The Riyadh-based General Commission for […]

today7 September 2022

International News

Netflix airs ‘Bad Boy Billionaires: India’ amid legal battle

Netflix has released three episodes of its four-part series about Indian tycoons facing fraud allegations after a state court lifted an injunction, a lawyer for the world’s largest streaming service said on Monday. The Bad Boy Billionaires: India documentary series about liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, Subrata Roy of the Sahara group, IT executive Ramalinga Raju and jeweller Nirav Modi had been set for release last month. But Netflix suspended it […]

today6 October 2020

International News

#CancelNetflix trends after premiere of controversial French film

Social media users are calling for a controversial new French film to be removed from Netflix. Critics argue the coming-of-age film, which follows a group of adolescent dancers in Paris, is overly sexualising young girls. Netflix’s new film Cuties, also known by its French title ‘Mignonnes’ was directed by Maïmouna Doucouré and tells the story of Amy, an 11-year-old Muslim Senegalese immigrant who moves into a housing project in Paris. […]

today11 September 2020

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