Algeria has banned "Barbie" after it has been shown in theaters in the country for several weeks because the film "promotes homosexuality and other Western deviances," Reuters reported. An official source told Reuters that the Greta Gerwig billion-dollar box office hit does not "does not comply with Algeria's religious and cultural beliefs."
The film has also been banned in Lebanon and Kuwait because it allegedly threats conservative cultural values. Vietnam has also taken an anti-Barbie stance after the country's officials took issue with the film's depiction of a map that includes the "nine-dash line," a controversial U-shaped representation of China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.
