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October 7, 2021 12:06 am

Netflix will edit phone numbers out of Squid Game following prank calls





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Netflix’s immensely popular Squid Game is getting an edit after phone numbers shown in the series dialed real numbers, leading to what the company described as “unfortunate” prank dials.


The Korean drama about a sadistic “game,” in which players find themselves with no option but to participate in a series of twisted challenges, contains visible phone numbers in multiple scenes (a phone number is also clearly visible in the Squid Game trailer).


Reuters, which earlier reported the news, cited Netflix and production company Siren Pictures as saying they purposefully did not include a complete number and weren’t aware the number shown would reach a real line.


Netflix confirmed to The Verge that the numbers that appear in Squid Game will be...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22713623/netflix-edit-squid-game-phone-number-prank-calls

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