Netflix removed 9 films and TV shows due to government demands. Here’s why.

Netflix removed 9 films and TV shows due to government demands. Here's why.

Doesn’t it suck when your favorite movies and TV shows get removed from Netflix? 

When Netflix lost Friends at the beginning of the year, fans of the show were really disappointed. But, hey, that’s showbiz. Rights to movies and TV shows get bought, sold, and expire all the time.

But did you know that Netflix has removed movies and TV shows from its service at the demand of foreign governments? Thanks to Netflix’s new efforts to be more transparent, we now know for the first time exactly what content has been removed due to these demands.

According to Netflix’s 2019 Environmental Social Governance report, the company has removed nine titles in its streaming history in compliance with government takedown demands. The takedowns all occurred between 2015 and 2020. Read more…

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