Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming large Netflix
take away content material deemed offensive to “Islamic and societal values” in
the area, Saudi Arabia’s media regulator stated on Tuesday,
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citing Al
Arabiya.
It didn’t specify the content material, however talked about that it included
content material geared toward youngsters. Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV, in a
program discussing the difficulty, confirmed blurred out animation clips
that appeared to indicate two women embracing.
The Riyadh-based Basic Fee for Audio-visual Media
assertion stated the content material violated media laws within the Gulf
Cooperation Council, which teams Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait.
If Netflix continued to broadcast the content material then “obligatory
authorized measures might be taken”, it stated, with out elaborating.
Netflix didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for
remark.
The UAE issued a equally worded assertion relating to Netflix
content material on Tuesday, saying it might observe up on what the platform
broadcasts in coming days and “assess its dedication to
broadcasting controls” within the nation.
Identical-sex relationships are criminalized in lots of Muslim-majority
nations and movies that includes such relationships have prior to now
been banned by regulators in these nations, whereas others with
profanity or illicit drug use are typically censored.
The UAE and different Muslim states earlier this yr banned Walt
Disney-Pixar’s animated characteristic movie “Lightyear” from screening in
cinemas as a result of it options characters in a same-sex
relationship.
