US EditionElon Musk Backs 'Cancel Netflix' Drive Over Creator's Charlie Kirk Post
Elon Musk led a mass Netflix cancellation campaign citing pro-transgender content in a children’s show and controversial remarks by its creator, sparking a 2% stock dip, analysts said.
- Elon Musk has canceled his Netflix account and called for a boycott over the animated show 'Dead End: Paranormal Park' featuring a transgender character, claiming it promotes a 'transgender woke agenda.'
- Right-Wing backlash against the show was amplified by figures like Libs of TikTok, leading Musk to share their posts to his audience of over 226 million followers on X.
- Hamish Steele, the show's creator, expressed on BlueSky that he has received nasty emails and is taking a break from social media due to the backlash.
- Netflix's stock fell nearly 2% after Musk's posts about the series, although it remains unclear how many users have actually canceled their subscriptions.
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Musk pushes ‘cancel Netflix’ campaign tied to LGBT+ series
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk has urged his 227 million social media followers to cancel their Netflix subscriptions, accusing the streaming platform of promoting what he describes as transgender propaganda. In his latest culture war campaign, the Tesla tycoon joined a trend launched by conservative social media account Libs of TikTok that cited the animated series "Dead End: Paranormal Park" and Netflix's corporate diversity efforts as a cause for …
Elon Musk Doubles Down On Netflix-Bashing Over Trans Character On Animated ‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’ Even As Show Creator Flooded With “Extremely Nasty” Messages
Elon Musk continued his swipes at Netflix today over the 2022-2023 animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park which featured a transgender character. Days after calling for his X followers to cancel the streaming service, he’s reposting followers’ comments lambasting “transgender propaganda.” Yesterday, Hamish Steele, the creator of Dead End: Paranormal Park, informed his followers on BlueSky that he would be taking a social media break due to …
(Los Angeles = Yonhap News) Correspondent Im Mi-na = Netflix, the world's largest video content streaming service, is suffering as it becomes the target of attacks by the U.S. conservative camp...
Musk joined the October campaign accusing Netflix of spreading "trans propaganda."
'I know some gay folks': MAGA Republican vows action against 'demonic' Netflix cartoons
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) vowed to take action against Netflix for airing cartoons featuring LGBTQ+ characters.Burchett spoke out on Thursday against Netflix after Elon Musk encouraged his followers to cancel their subscriptions because the protagonist of "Dead End: Paranormal Park" was transgender."...
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udgtvTesla's owner, among other companies, Elon Musk, joined the campaign launched by the conservative account Libs of TikTok against Netflix for its diversity policies and urged streaming service users to cancel their subscription. The target of the campaign is the series "Dead End: Paranormal Park", whose creator, Hamish Steele, was accused of making allegedly disrespectful comments about Charlie Kirk, an ultraconservative activist and close to Don…
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