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Netflix to add disclaimers to Indian pirate series amid controversy over Hindu names

Netflix said Tuesday it would add new disclaimers to an Indian series about a hijacking after social media outrage and government outrage over what it said were Muslim hijackers posing as Hindus. The series, called “IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack,” a fictionalized version of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 from Kathmandu, was released on Netflix last week. It was immediately criticized for what social media users said was a false portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names when they were Muslims. Netflix officials were summoned to India’s information and broadcasting ministry on Tuesday, local media reported,