Exclusive: Netflix reveals its 9 government takedown requests
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The evangilical movement will definately push more and more to censor anything they don't like. If it was my sect ( the First United Methodist Church) they would eliminate anything that is not specifically "Christian". As according to their theology anything that is not "of God" is satanic. I am not kidding.
DavidLaDeau
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Feb 8, 2020
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It is good they don't run the government, yet.
@Seeker3CO Yep sounds VERY familiar. I call it a cult as it is according to the B.I.T.E model.
Well the censorship system was created by the industry for the industry. It has been quite progressive with some changes recently, sexual violence and graphic violence now sneaking into 15 certificate films over here. I’d prefer they remained 18 so that I could avoid them, unless I chose to opt for that (depends on the director for me).
Perhaps they’re sneaking ahead of the general population in progression; or perhaps I’m just getting old. If it’s the former they could be doing themselves a disservice in the long term, as others may seize the reins.
I was wondering what New Zealand had them take down. It was The Bridge.
I went to IMDb find out why that movie might have been a problem. Turns out there are quite a few movies titled "The Bridge." I am assuming that the one in question here is the 2006 documentary about the Golden Gate Bridge and the suicides associated with it. I can see where there might be mental health concerns running a movie about suicides. Still not sure I agree with the request, but it is what it is.
mcgeo52
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Feb 8, 2020
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I can see a lot of this but if it continues the current American regime will soon be asking for take downs as well. I am a paying member of Netflix and have been for a few years now. This is strange because I watch everything else free and am a pirate. I hate that the movie and music industry cries over all the lost sales it thinks it has. This is not the case at all and piracy might even help sales in the long run. Imagine rain that comes down and you catch some of it in buckets. All of the rain cannot be caught that way. The fact that a signal in the air is caught, viewed, and enjoyed by people is not proof that these same people would have paid for the signal. I have watched many movies and TV shows simply because I could and because they were there. It does not mean I would have paid for them but if I talk about them other people might pay for them.
Back to Netflix again, it appears that my ex has given out our password to people she knows in Kenya and they are watching my Netflix free. I get notice of another sign-on constantly in my e-mail. When I tell the story to others they have fits and say "change that password because they are stealing." .I don't care. my view is that some of these poor people might enjoy what they watch and build a good mental idea of Netflix that might allow them and others to pay and view later. The fate of any good thing is passed on by mouth. I don't give a damn about the buckets full of signal that the industry cries about and says they have lost.
DenoPenno
Level 9
Feb 8, 2020
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Understandable from Netflix's point of view. No real reason to argue the toss. They are an entertainment site, not a news network. Although some of their documentaries are hard-hitting.
273kelvin
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Feb 8, 2020
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Well, were it becomes a whole other level is with their removal of Patriot Act because now they are an American company censoring content of request of a foreign country specifically to cover up that government's assassination of an American journalist.
@gNappyHead There are groups on here and many sites inc. FB that are a-political. If a member posts something that breaches those guidelines then they will be asked to remove them or they will be deleted.
Netflix is an entertainment business, however, art and politics sometimes overlap. Artists may wish to change society but it's not incumbent upon the vehicle for that art to incur possible financial losses for the artist's sake. If they did stand up to censorship? We could all applaud their stance but it would not pay the payroll.
When the cartoon of Mohamed first appeared in a Danish magazine and the death threats followed. A campaign to get every western newspaper and publication to reprint the offending cartoon was organized. Had it been successful, the fundamentalist jihad would have had no specific target. Just a broad spectrum of newspaper outlets. Unfortunately, not one of our great, good, and worthy publications. from the NYT to the USA today, Guardian to the Sun stood up for the cause of a free press and put their money where their mouth is, not one. The results were what we saw in Demark and Paris. So if the Washington Post can chicken out? so can Netflix.
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