Netflix fires employee for sharing confidential and 'commercially sensitive' information outside the company related to Dave Chappelle's new stand-up special, a spokesperson says.
Netflix's internal practices and policies state that employees are entrusted with information that is not publicly known and should not be shared outside the company.
The streamer has faced intense public furor in the last week over Chappelle's special,"The Closer." Some have argued the comedian's material could incite harm against transgender people.Jaclyn Moore, the showrunner of the Netflix series “Dear White People,” said last week that“as long as they continue to put out and profit from blatantly and dangerously transphobic content."
The company previously suspended a transgender employee who criticized the Chappelle special on Twitter, although a spokesperson denied that her tweets were the reason for her suspension. The employee tweeted Tuesday night that she had beenNetflix has declined to comment on the uproar, although co-CEO Ted Sarandos has reportedly defended Chappelle's"creative freedom" and told employees the company would not remove"The Closer" from its service.
“We work hard to support ... creative freedom — even though this means there will always be content on Netflix some people believe is harmful,” Ted Sarandos, a co-CEO, said in an Oct. 8 memo to staff, which was
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