Overview

• Musk wrote “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids” on X after amplifying a post accusing creator Hamish Steele over comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
• The show at the center of the backlash, Dead End: Paranormal Park, features a trans teen protagonist, debuted in 2022, and was canceled in 2023 after two seasons.
• Conservative accounts and some users posted screenshots claiming they canceled subscriptions, though the scale of any sustained impact is not verified.
• Multiple outlets reported Netflix shares fell more than 2% in premarket trading following the viral boycott call.
• Steele said the allegations were taken out of context and reported receiving homophobic and antisemitic threats, and Netflix has not issued a public response.