How Netflix is navigating strict, sometimes vague, censorship standards in countries like Turkey and India, while viewers decry the concessions to censorship
Alex Marshall / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimes , @nytimesarts , and @sushantsin See also Mediagazer Tweets: @nytimes : Netflix is trying to get ahead of state censors in Turkey, where streaming services will soon need a license to operate. That means cigarettes edited out of scenes, blurred-out raised middle fingers and scrutiny of shows like “Orange Is the New Black.” https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimesarts : Turkish politicians have complained that there is too much gay content on Netflix. Will the country's censors step in? https://www.nytimes.com/... Sushant Singh / @sushantsin : Netflix signed a voluntary agreement in India, promising not to show content that “deliberately and maliciously” outrages religions or insults the national flag, among other things. https://www.nytimes.com/... See also Mediagazer