A senior software engineer and two other staffers were suspended by the company after they publicly criticized a new Dave Chappelle special on Netflix for including transphobic remarks.
, the two other suspended employees have also been reinstated by the company as it plans to distribute “broader guidance about meetings” and clarify “which are for which people.”against suggestions that the employees had been suspended for tweeting criticism of Chappelle’s show, insisting that the two incidents were unrelated.from LGBTQ groups for the jokes Chappelle made in his special, which have been widely deemed transphobic.
” Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, however, has defended the special—ranked the third most popular program on Netflix in the U.S. on Wednesday morning—in a company memo where he said the company supports the “creative freedom” of its talent. Sarandos also noted the company believed Chappelle’s special crossed the line on inciting hate or violence.
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