{"id":57934,"date":"2022-09-08T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=57934"},"modified":"2022-09-08T02:08:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T21:08:05","slug":"gulf-states-demand-netflix-to-remove-content-against-islamic-societal-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/gulf-states-demand-netflix-to-remove-content-against-islamic-societal-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf States demand Netflix to remove content &#8216;against Islamic, societal values&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI 07 Sep (Online): Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant Netflix remove content deemed offensive to \u201cIslamic and societal values\u201d in the region, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s media regulator said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It did not specify the content but mentioned that it included content aimed at children. Saudi state-run \u2018Al Ekhbariya TV\u2019, in a program discussing the issue, showed blurred-out animation clips that appeared to show two girls embracing.<\/p>\n<p>The Riyadh-based General Commission for Audio-visual Media statement said the content violated media regulations in the Gulf Cooperation Council, which groups Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p>If Netflix continued to broadcast the content then \u201cnecessary legal measures will be taken\u201d, it said, without elaborating. Netflix did not immediately respond to a \u2018Reuters\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE issued a similarly worded statement regarding Netflix content on Tuesday, saying it would follow up on what the platform broadcasts in the coming days and \u201cassess its commitment to broadcasting controls\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Same-sex relationships are criminalised in many Muslim-majority nations and films featuring such relationships have in the past been banned by regulators in those countries, while others with profanity or illicit drug use are sometimes censored.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE and other Muslim states earlier this year banned Walt Disney-Pixar&#8217;s animated feature film \u2018Lightyear\u2019 from screening in cinemas because it features characters in a same-sex relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI 07 Sep (Online): Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant Netflix remove content deemed offensive to \u201cIslamic and societal values\u201d in the region, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s media regulator said on Tuesday. 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