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Sami Quadri

Culture Secretary says new laws will stop Netflix airing offensive comments following Jimmy Carr uproar

Jimmy Carr during filming of the Graham Norton show at the London studios

(Picture: PA)

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has suggested the government could bring in legislation that stops steaming services from airing offensive content.

The minister was speaking in reference to jokes made by comedian Jimmy Carr in which he makes light of the deaths of the traveller community during the holocaust.

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