Netflix row: Hasan Minhaj pokes fun at removal of show criticising Saudi Arabia

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Cybercrime? By a comedian? Were the Saudi authorities afraid he would cause people to laugh themselves to death? Or maybe laugh so hard they’d accidentally send their banking passwords to the wrong person...

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I have doubts about this article because it would imply that a person was making fun of a country that might have been involved in hacking a journalist to pieces with a bone saw. That would be interesting.

Yay. Know your audience Netflix. Stupid move on your part.

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