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on Thursday January 03 2019, @04:34AM
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from the oppress-the-world,-make-it-a-better-place dept.
Netflix has pulled an episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj from its Saudi Arabian service after a complaint from the Saudi government as the show covers the Saudi Crown Prince's alleged involvement in the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the kingdom's war with Yemen. The Saudi Government cited its anti-cyber law in its removal request, specifically Article 6, which appears to have nothing to do with the content of the show other than that the Saudis are embarrassed. Given the Streisand effect, it is likely that more people will now see the show than otherwise would have.
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Netflix Pulls Episode of Show After Saudi Arabia Offended
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by takyon on Thursday January 03 2019, @04:40AM (7 children)
I either hadn't heard of the show or forgot about it, and now I want to check it out. I bet Netflix expected a Streisand effect, although they primarily don't want to get banned from the Saudi market.
It could lead to Saudis watching the episode [wikipedia.org] on other sites, such as the official YouTube channel: "the episode was still available in the country at the time of the report through the show's official YouTube channel". However, it is an English language show so maybe the effect will be muted or it will be seen primarily by Saudis already critical of Mr. Bonesaw.
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday January 03 2019, @09:34AM (2 children)
No wonder Saudi doesn't like him - 42% of his series seems to be triggering them: S01E01 Saudi Arabia, S01E04 Oil, S01E07 Content Moderation and Free Speech. I'll give it a go...
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(Score: 2) by driverless on Friday January 04 2019, @10:05AM (1 child)
Does anyone have a link to the video in question? Just to make sure I don't accidentally watch it and offend our good allies and dear friends, the Saudis.
(Score: 3, Funny) by driverless on Friday January 04 2019, @10:13AM
Replying to my own question, this is the Youtube video you should avoid watching [youtube.com]. Just don't watch that Hasan Minhaj video if you want to remember Saudi Arabia as the freedom-loving democracy it currently is.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday January 03 2019, @03:38PM (3 children)
They have to be doing this on purpose - no program manager in their right mind would send this show into Saudi Arabia without expecting blowback, by sending it and immediately complying with the takedown demand, they're going to get tons of free promotion for the show.
It's so obvious that I'm not even tempted to watch - middle eastern royalty behaving badly is so commonplace that it's boring, like reading about drive-by shootings in major metro area slums...
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(Score: 2) by dry on Friday January 04 2019, @03:27AM (2 children)
Always interesting knowing more about the few friends America still has.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday January 04 2019, @03:43AM (1 child)
My grandfather did concrete work in Iraq after WWII during the ousting of King Faisal - bunch of spineless kiss-asses living there then, and not much has changed since. If you're not a spineless kiss-ass, you're killed by the royals, so... pucker up, or get out, or die. As for the royals, the fact that they maintain their population as they do should tell you all you need to know.
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(Score: 2) by driverless on Friday January 04 2019, @10:08AM
My grandfather did a lot of concrete work in New York after WWII. He worked under contract for the DeCavalcante family in New Jersey, although technically he was more in the clothing business, concrete overcoats, concrete shoes, that sort of thing.