{"id":267738,"date":"2020-09-05T04:20:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T08:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=267738"},"modified":"2020-09-05T04:20:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T08:20:25","slug":"group-of-filipino-directors-opposes-mtrcbs-proposal-to-regulate-streaming-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/05\/group-of-filipino-directors-opposes-mtrcbs-proposal-to-regulate-streaming-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Group of Filipino directors opposes MTRCB’s proposal to regulate streaming platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The streaming platforms, it said, already have their own classifications, content warnings, and parental controls that is why having “more state control” on them is not needed. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Director’s Guild of the Philippines (DGPI) rejected the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board’s (MTRCB’s) bid to regulate streaming services including Netflix.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Friday, September 4, the group stressed that adding regulation would only “discourage the acquisition of local content” that would “hurt the film industry at a time when it is struggling to survive.”<\/p>\n

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