The Walt Disney Co. has gone red.
Video platform Disney+ in Hong Kong reportedly removed an episode of “The Simpsons” that mocked Chinese propaganda about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Disney+ launched Nov. 16 in Hong Kong, including season 16 of “The Simpsons,” Bloomberg reported. Disney+ in Hong Kong included episodes 11 and 13 of the show’s season 16 but left out episode 12, “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” according to Bloomberg. That episode reportedly depicted the Simpsons visiting “Beijing square where a character confronts a line of tanks – a reference to the famous Tank Man photograph –- and a sign reads” “‘TIEN AN MEN SQUARE: ON THIS SITE, IN 1989, NOTHING HAPPENED.’” The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has previously censored information on the massacre of Tiananmen Square, but Disney seems to be helping the CCP’s efforts.
According to reports, the censorship in Hong Kong is first-ever for U.S. streaming services. “This is the first notable time an American streaming giant has censored content in Hong Kong,” Hong Kong Baptist University film censorship associate professor Kenny K K Ng reportedly told Bloomberg. “Basically, the whole story is for streaming companies to be more tailored to a Chinese audience and to not offend the Chinese government. … This is likely to continue in the future with more companies with financial interests in China.”
Disney has previously offered assistance to China. According to reports, President Joe Biden considered nominating Bob Iger, the chairman of Disney to serve as U.S. Ambassador to China. Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, criticized Iger’s sympathies with CCP. “Disney just came out with the movie Mulan (2020). . .which the director described as ‘a love letter to China,’” Cruz said.
Mulan’s credits, Disney thanked “the oppressive government forces who are running concentration camps right now with over 1 million Uighurs in prison,” Cruz said. Disney specifically thanked government officials in Xinjiang where Uyghurs remain in concentration and reeducation camps.
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