Arab countries are threatening Netflix over LGBTQ content

Seven Arab countries have demanded that Netflix remove content they consider offensive from the streaming platform’s local sites.

On Tuesday, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — which includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and four other Gulf Arab states — released a statement demanding that Netflix remove “visual materials that violate the media content controls in the GCC countries and contradict Islamic and societal values and principles,” according to the Kuwait News Agency.

In the statement, the GCC Committee on Electronic Media and the Saudi Audio-Visual Media Authority said that “if the violating content continues to be broadcasted, it will take necessary legal measures.”

A day later, Egypt issued a similar warning, also threatening legal action against Netflix, Disney+, and other streaming services “in case of broadcasting materials that contradict the values of the community.”

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