Article 5QEAR Netflix will edit phone numbers out of Squid Game following prank calls

Netflix will edit phone numbers out of Squid Game following prank calls

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Catie Keck
from The Verge on (#5QEAR)
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Netflix's immensely popular Squid Game is getting an edit after phone numbers shown in the series dialed real numbers, leading to what the company described as unfortunate" prank dials.

The Korean drama about a sadistic game," in which players find themselves with no option but to participate in a series of twisted challenges, contains visible phone numbers in multiple scenes (a phone number is also clearly visible in the Squid Game trailer).

Reuters, which earlier reported the news, cited Netflix and production company Siren Pictures as saying they purposefully did not include a complete number and weren't aware the number shown would reach a real line.

Netflix confirmed to The Verge that the numbers that appear in Squid Game will be...

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