Gulf States Demand Netflix Pull Content Deemed Offensive
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
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,
Trend reports
citing Al
Arabiya .
It did not specify the content, but mentioned that it included
content aimed at children. Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV, in a
program discussing the issue, showed blurred out animation clips
that appeared to show two girls embracing.
The Riyadh-based General Commission for Audio-visual Media
statement said the content violated media regulations in the Gulf
Cooperation Council, which groups Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait.
If Netflix continued to broadcast the content then“necessary
legal measures will be taken”, it said, without elaborating.
Netflix did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for
comment.
The UAE issued a similarly worded statement regarding Netflix
content on Tuesday, saying it would follow up on what the platform
broadcasts in coming days and“assess its commitment to
broadcasting controls” in the country.
Same-sex relationships are criminalized in many Muslim-majority
nations and films featuring such relationships have in the past
been banned by regulators in those countries, while others with
profanity or illicit drug use are sometimes censored.
The UAE and other Muslim states earlier this year banned Walt
Disney-Pixar's animated feature film“Lightyear” from screening in
cinemas because it features characters in a same-sex
relationship.
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