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Posted: 2019-01-02T19:26:38Z | Updated: 2019-01-02T19:26:38Z

Hasan Minhaj responded to Netflix complying with Saudi Arabias demands that the streaming service block an episode of his talk show, saying on Wednesday that the move has only made the episode more popular.

Clearly, the best way to stop people from watching something is to ban it, make it trend online, and then leave it up on YouTube.

Lets not forget that the worlds largest humanitarian crisis is happening in Yemen right now. Please donate: https://t.co/znMP8vyJma https://t.co/t2VUDhhIdB

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Clearly, the best way to stop people from watching something is to ban it, make it trend online, and then leave it up on YouTube.

Lets not forget that the worlds largest humanitarian crisis is happening in Yemen right now. Please donate: https://t.co/znMP8vyJma https://t.co/t2VUDhhIdB

Hasan Minhaj (@hasanminhaj) January 2, 2019

The comments from the host of Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj come after Netflix took down an episode in which Minhaj criticized Saudi Arabia, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the United States for maintaining relations. The episode is still viewable outside Saudi Arabia and was still viewable through YouTube in the country within the last 24 hours.

Minhajs criticism came after the CIA determined that the crown prince, whom he refers to as MBS in the episode, ordered the October assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, despite the Saudi governments claims to the contrary.

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MBS asked, Why the outrage? and frankly, MBS confusion is completely understandable, Minhaj said in the episode. He has been getting away with autocratic shit like [Khashoggis killing] for years with almost no blowback from the international community.

He also implored his followers on Wednesday to donate to Yemen, where airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition have come under intense scrutiny since Khashoggi was slain, through the International Rescue Committee.

Netflix said the Saudi government claimed the episode violated the kingdoms anti-cyber crime law and that it took the episode down only after it received a valid legal request and to comply with local law.

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Ironically, Minhaj dedicated his last episode of 2018 to discussing content moderation by tech companies.

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