Disney's Hong Kong service drops 'Simpsons' episode with 'forced labor' reference

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Disney's Hong Kong service drops 'Simpsons' episode with 'forced labor' reference
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The episode 'One Angry Lisa,' which first aired in October on television, is not available on the Disney Plus streaming service in Hong Kong.

that contains a reference to “forced labor camps” in China from its streaming service in Hong Kong, according to a check of the service.

In the episode, the character Marge Simpson is shown images of China’s Great Wall during an exercise class as her instructor says: “Behold the wonders of China. Bitcoin mines, forced labor camps where children make smartphones.”Rights groups and Western governments have long accused Beijing of abuses against members of the mainly Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority in the western region of Xinjiang, including the use of forced labour in internment camps.

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