Netflix’s release of the award-winning French comedy/drama “Cuties” (2020) has sparked global outrage over accusations that the film portrays children in a sexually explicit manner. The website added that the hashtag #CancelNetflix trended on Twitter a day after the film’s September 9 release. A change.org petition with over 600,000 supporters has called on Netflix customers to cancel their subscriptions, Variety wrote. It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which won an award at Sundance. We’ve now updated the pictures and description.”Variety reported that the controversy over “Cuties” has caused US Netflix subscription cancellations to rise nearly eightfold.

Source: Egypt Independent September 15, 2020 13:52 UTC