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Netflix Pulls Episode of Show After Saudi Arabia Offended

posted by takyon on Thursday January 03 2019, @04:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the oppress-the-world,-make-it-a-better-place dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday January 03 2019, @06:03AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday January 03 2019, @06:03AM (#781403) Journal

    On January 1, 2019, it was reported that the episode "Saudi Arabia" had been removed from Netflix's service in Saudi Arabia after the country's Communications and Information Technology Commission issued a request to the company to take it down over concerns regarding its content which included criticism of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen. However, the episode was still available in the country at the time of the report through the show's official YouTube channel.

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