The executive has also apparently stated that if they love their kids, they should choose Aflix who claimed themselves as the world’s first ethical streaming platform and is scheduled for launch next year. While Fadzil admitted that he also a subscriber to Netflix, he argued that the streaming service’s parental control method is not good enough as parents have to watch Netflix separately from their children given the uncensored nature of the service.
Meanwhile, there is no connection between Aflix and FINAS according to Fadzil. He pointed out the meeting between both organizations took place in September well before FINAS’ CEO, Ahmad Idham made a remark regarding the need to regulate contents on digital platforms such as Netflix. Nevertheless, he does support the statement made by Ahmad Idham. In the same report, Azarul Hakim who is the CTO of Aflix TV also supports the censorship call made by its colleague while claiming that it is something that the public wanted.
Aside from Aflix TV, Fadzil is also the Group CEO of the acclaimed Islamic educational institution, Brainy Bunch. In addition to that, he also the main man behind Raudhah City which is an Islamic-oriented residential project located in Cyberjaya. In one way, the strong statement by Aflix’s CEO has surely added another dimension to the issue of content censorship in Malaysia. Hence, we don’t think the issue will go away anytime soon as we expect more people to pitch in their thought into it, just like how another industry veteran, Norman KRU has recently expressed his opposition against the existing censorship system by LPF. By the way, if you are wondering, we do have a little guide on how to set the parental control feature on Netflix right here. (Source: The Malaysian Insight [requires subscription].)
