Gulf Arab countries have warned video streaming platform Netflix over ‘content that contradicts Islam’ and hinted at legal action against such content.
According to the Associated Press news agency, this demand came out in a joint statement issued by a committee of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which said, without naming the programs, that some programs on the streaming service were “Islamic and social”. are at odds with values and principles.’
According to the news agency AFP, Gulf countries have also warned Netflix that they will take legal action against broadcasting content that is ‘contrary to Islam’.
The statement, issued jointly by the Saudi media regulator and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, did not identify offensive content, but only referred to content that is “against Islamic and societal values.”
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“The platform has been contacted to remove content, including content directed at children,” the statement said.
The statement added that ‘local authorities will follow the instructions of the platform and necessary legal action will be taken if infringing content is broadcast.’
There was no immediate response from Netflix on the matter.
Gulf countries have repeatedly opposed American film distributors over sexual content in films.
In June, the United Arab Emirates banned Disney’s animated film Lightyear, which contained some homophobic scenes.
Saudi Arabia, which allowed cinemas to open in 2017, demanded in April that Disney cut gay scenes from the Marvel superhero film ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’.
Disney did not comply with this demand and the film was eventually not shown in the kingdom.
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2024-10-06 02:14:13
