Musk joins ‘cancel Netflix’ campaign

By AFP
October 2, 2025


Elon Musk has urged his 227 million social media followers to cancel their Netflix subscriptions, accusing the streaming platform of promoting what he describes as transgender propaganda.

In his latest culture war campaign, the Tesla tycoon joined a trend launched by conservative social media account Libs of TikTok that cited the animated series “Dead End: Paranormal Park” and Netflix’s corporate diversity efforts as a cause for dropping the streaming service.

The show’s creator, Hamish Steele, is accused of making social media remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination in September that were seen by conservatives online as disrespectful and led to the backlash.

Netflix’s shares fell two percent on Wednesday when the controversy gained traction and were down as much as another two percent Thursday on Wall Street.

“Cancel Netflix,” Musk wrote in a Wednesday post on X, the platform he owns, quoting another post made by Libs of TikTok.

That post shared screenshots of a Netflix company report that said it had increased the number of non-white directors and lead actors on its programs.

In a later post on the issue, Musk encouraged his followers to “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids.”

Steele addressed the controversy in a few Bluesky posts that have since been deleted: “It’s all lies and slander!”

Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, has a personal connection to transgender issues. His eldest daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, publicly transitioned in 2022 and legally changed both her name and gender identity.

Musk has claimed his child was “killed” by the “woke mind virus” instilled at an elite California school.

MAGA influencers rage-quit Netflix over new kids show: 'Bunch of woke garbage!'

Robert Davis
September 30, 2025

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Supporters of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump raise MAGA hats, on the day Trump returns for a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against him, in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

MAGA-aligned influencers are rage-quitting Netflix after the company released advertisements for an upcoming kids' show that features a transgender character.

The moves to leave the popular streaming platform come after Netflix announced a new show called "Dead End Paranormal Park," an animated series about a group of friends who fight off demons at a haunted theme park. One of the characters in the show identifies as transgender, which was called out by the popular LibsofTikTok account on X.

Several MAGA voices called out Netflix for including a transgender character, and some posted screenshots of them cancelling their subscriptions because of it.

"We will not support a company who pushes transgenderism on kids and employs someone who celebrates murder," Chaya Raichik, who operates the LibsofTikTok account, posted on X.

Raichik also posted about "Dead End Paranormal Park's" creator, who she said had celebrated the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Elon Musk, X's owner, chimed in, calling the show's creator a "groomer" in a post on X.

"Who actually watches Netflix at this point?" MAGA commentator Nick Sortor posted on X. "It’s a bunch of woke garbage. Is it a bunch of chronically unemployed leftists in LA or something?"

"Cancel Netflix," conservative influencer Gunther Eagleman posted on X.