Elon Musk once again shocked the global social network when he bluntly announced that he would cancel his Netflix account. The reason he gave was not only shocking but also immediately sparked a wave of fierce controversy. Musk accused Netflix of “deliberately promoting a children’s program that promotes transgender ideology to children” – something he considered unacceptable.
According to Musk, this controversial program also had a script written by an LGBTQ activist who had publicly mocked the Charlie betrayal – an event that had caused an international uproar. This discovery, according to Musk, was the “last straw” that forced him to delete Netflix immediately, as an act of public protest.
Immediately after the announcement, social networks exploded. The keywords #CancelNetflix and #ElonVsNetflix quickly became the top global trends. Millions of people shared and commented, with a large part of them supporting Musk for daring to “say what many people are thinking but are afraid to say”, while the other side accused him of spreading hate and attacking the LGBTQ community.
Many experts said that Musk’s actions could become a heavy blow to Netflix, which is struggling to maintain its subscriber base. Not only that, this statement also raises a broader debate about the line between “freedom of artistic creation” and “propaganda of sensitive ideology to children”.
Despite mixed reactions, no one can deny: Elon Musk has once again made the world mention his name, turning the deletion of a Netflix account into a global media earthquake.