New laws would hold Netflix to account after ‘shocking’ Jimmy Carr joke

Jimmy Carr on his Netflix special His Dark Material. Photograph: Photo Credit: Matt Frost/Matt Frost

The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has suggested new laws would hold to account streaming sites airing jokes such as those made by Jimmy Carr about the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community and the Holocaust.

Anti-hate groups including the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the Auschwitz Memorial and Hope Not Hate have condemned the comedian’s comments in his Netflix special.