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Netflix Cancellations Soar 800% After ‘Cuties’ Debacle: Analysis

Jon Brown
Netflix Cancellations Soar 800% After ‘Cuties’ Debacle: Analysis
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Netflix subscriptions cratered during September amid the backlash the streaming company faced for releasing “Cuties,” a French film that depicts pre-pubescent girls in sexually provocative situations.

The New York data analytics firms Antenna and YipitData reported a sizable decline in subscriptions, with Antenna claiming that Netflix lost five times as many subscribers in the opening weeks of September than during the entire month of August, according to the New York Post.

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