Here are the TV shows and movies Netflix said it has removed over the last five years, as of February 2020: The company appealed the ruling in a petition to Brazil’s Supreme Court - which overturned the ban and said the satire could remain on Netflix. For example, a Brazilian judge in January ordered the streamer to take down “The First Temptation of Christ,” a comedy from Brazilian comedy group Porta dos Fundos in which Jesus is depicted as a gay man. Netflix has challenged some attempts to force it to remove content. A lot of great films have changed the course of history.” Stand-up comedy is certainly truth to power.
In a subsequent appearance, Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos tried to clarify his boss’s remarks, saying, “I think all entertainment is truth to power – all creative expression is truth to power. “We’re not trying to do ‘truth to power.’ We’re trying to entertain… We don’t feel bad about at all.” “We’re not in the news business,” Hastings said at the New York Times’ DealBook conference. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings last fall addressed the controversy over “Patriot Act,” in which the Saudi government demanded the company remove an episode in which Minhaj criticized Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (aka MBS) and the regime’s role in the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “In some cases we’ve also been forced to remove specific titles or episodes of titles in specific countries due to government takedown demands.” The company plans to release info on government-mandated removals on an annual basis. “We offer creators the ability to reach audiences all around the world,” Netflix says in the newly released 2019 Environmental Social Governance report, which is similar to transparency disclosures from other internet companies.