Republicans attack ‘woke’ Netflix — and ignore YouTube

Tamara Ceaikovski

When Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos entered the Senate office building on Tuesday, he got thrown a curveball. What started as a standard antitrust hearing relating to the Warner Bros. merger quickly devolved into a performative Republican attack about the spread of “woke” ideology on the streaming service. At the same time, arguably a much more influential platform was completely ignored: YouTube. After grilling Sarandos about residual payments, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) launched into a completely

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Republicans attack ‘woke’ Netflix — and ignore YouTube https://www.theverge.com - 05.02.2026 21:40
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