Elon Musk Is Leading A Pressure Campaign To Make Netflix Un-woke

Elon Musk says he canceled his Netflix subscription and is telling others to do nan aforesaid complete nan beingness of transgender characters successful bid that made their debut (and successful immoderate cases ended) years ago. Earlier this week, Musk reshared a station connected X attacking Dead End: Paranormal Park, an animated bid geared toward kids, for featuring a transgender protagonist.

“This is not okay,” Musk wrote successful conscionable one of his posts targeting nan show and later reposted an image claiming Netflix has a “transgender woke agenda. He added, “Cancel Netflix for nan wellness of your kids.” The first play of Dead End: Paranormal Park aired connected Netflix successful 2022, but it was canceled successful 2023.

Musk only continued stoking nan right-wing firestorm since then, pinch nan billionaire calling connected followers to get free of their Netflix subscription complete different bid pinch trans characters, for illustration The Baby-Sitters Club, which was canceled aft 2 seasons successful 2022. He besides responded to a station captious of a 2023 section of CoComelon Lane depicting a kid trying connected a tutu and tiara. “Super messed up for a kids show!” Musk said.

Right-wing influencers person ramped up their attacks against diverseness successful media, pinch immoderate even criticizing Netflix for having much lead characters and board from underrepresented groups. At nan aforesaid time, nan Trump management has deemed diversity, equity, and inclusivity (DEI) programs “illegal” and banned gender-affirming attraction for children. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has joined successful connected nan unit campaign, too, claiming Netflix is “pushing woke Democrat gender ideology.”

Media companies are nether expanding unit from nan administration, of which Musk was precocious an employee. Brendan Carr, who helms nan Federal Communications Commission, has already compelled companies to region DEI policies and loomed complete Disney’s determination to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! While nan FCC has little nonstop leverage complete streaming services for illustration Netflix, backlash from right-wing influencers and figureheads for illustration Musk has a very existent effect connected its business.

Companies were already downplaying trans practice earlier that, though — pinch Disney reportedly pulling an section of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur for putting attraction connected a transgender characteristic past December.