Disney+ ‘Simpsons’ Episode Pulled In Hong Kong Due To Tiananmen Square Joke

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1. The Federalist

   Disney Caves To China, Drops 'Simpsons' Episode With Tiananmen Joke ↗ (opens The Federalist)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

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   Disney+ reportedly scrubbed an episode of 'The Simpsons' from its Hong Kong launch to appease Communist China's censorship of pro-democracy content.

2. The Daily Caller

   Disney+ Pulls ‘Simpsons’ Episode Mocking China From Hong Kong Platform ↗ (opens The Daily Caller)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

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   Disney’s streaming service pulled an episode of ‘The Simpsons" that mocked Chinese censorship of the Tiananmen Square Massacre from its Hong Kong platform.

3. Breitbart News

   'Simpsons' Episode with Tiananmen Massacre Joke Disappears from Disney+ Hong Kong ↗ (opens Breitbart News)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

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   Disney apparently blacks out an episode of The Simpsons referring to the Tiananmen Square massacre from Hong Kong viewers.

4. Hot Air

   Disney+ drops "Simpsons" episode set in Hong Kong due to Tiananmen Square joke ↗ (opens Hot Air)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

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   Disney+ users in Hong Kong have noticed an episode of The Simpsons is conspicuously missing. The 16th season of the iconic Fox animated show jumps from episode 11 to 13 when viewers in the city browse...

5. Breitbart News

   Tiananmen Square Episode of Simpsons 'Missing' on Hong Kong Disney+ ↗ (opens Breitbart News)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

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   (AFP) -- An episode of The Simpsons in which the cartoon American family visit Tiananmen Square is missing from Disney+ in Hong Kong.

6. The Washington Free Beacon

   Disney Blocks Tiananmen Square Simpsons Episode in Hong Kong ↗ (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

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   An episode of The Simpsons that ridicules Chinese Communist Party censorship has been removed from Disney’s streaming platform in Hong Kong in what appears to be another example of Hollywood caving to Beijing’s censorship demands.

7. France 24

   'Simpsons' Tiananmen episode missing from Hong Kong Disney+ ↗ (opens France 24)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

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   An episode of 'The Simpsons' in which the cartoon American family visit Tiananmen Square has been removed from Disney's streaming channel in Hong Kong at a time when authorities are clamping down on…

8. New York Times

   A ‘Simpsons’ Episode Lampooned Chinese Censorship. In Hong Kong, It Vanished. ↗ (opens New York Times)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

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   The episode mocked both Mao Zedong and the government’s efforts to suppress memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

9. The Week

   The Simpsons episode that references Tiananmen Square missing on Disney+ in Hong Kong ↗ (opens The Week)

   Published Nov 28, 2021

10. Forbes

    Disney+ ‘Simpsons’ Episode Pulled In Hong Kong Due To Tiananmen Square Joke ↗ (opens Forbes)

    Published Nov 28, 2021

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    The Simpsons catalogue on Disney+ is missing a Season 16 episode thanks to a joke referencing the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

11. The Guardian

    Disney+ channel launches in Hong Kong, without the Simpsons Tiananmen Square episode ↗ (opens The Guardian)

    Published Nov 28, 2021

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    Streaming channel went live this month, but without an episode in which the family visit China

12. FOX Business

    'Simpsons' episode with Tiananmen Square joke absent from Disney+ in Hong Kong ↗ (opens FOX Business)

    Published Nov 28, 2021

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    Less than a month after the launch of Disney+ in Hong Kong, users in the city have discovered that an episode of "The Simpsons" has been removed from the streaming platform.