The Netflix Indictment

a fool's errand in woodville

A couple of weeks ago I heard a rumor that the District Attorney in Tyler County, Texas, Lucas Babin, had gotten an indictment against Netflix for child pornography for distributing the French film “Cuties.” But the story never hit the news, so I figured it was a false rumor.

Nope.

Today it hit the news: a Tyler County grand jury had indicted Netflix, not for child pornography, but for “Promotion of Lewd Visual Material Depicting Child” under section 43.262 of the Texas Penal Code: