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Outrage after Netflix pulls comedy show criticising Saudi Arabia

theguardian.com

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I was outraged until I realized it only applies locally.

Yeah, this is the definition of click bait, right here.

Saudia Arabia, a country that executes more people than any other sovereign state in the world, doesn't like a show that shows the country in a satirical, comedic light? And insists on having the show/episode removed from Netflix in it's own state to suppress dissent and criticism?

I'm shocked I tell you, absolutely shocked!

Edit: I take my statistic back, Saudia Arabia ranked no.3 for executions last year.

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-countries-that-execut...

  > I take my statistic back, Saudia Arabia ranked no.3 for executions last year.

Clearly they need to step up their game.

But seriously, if this one episode of Hasan Minhaj is the only thing on Netflix that's censored in Saudi Arabia, I'd be very surprised.

That should be a Netflix channel, "Censored".

I wouldn't be surprised if it was Neflix PR department feeding the discussion to get more people watching Hasan. He's alright, a bit annoyingly pandering to teens, but this is a perfect way to get people watching his show with its format.

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