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· April 17, 2026 at 16:49
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The post is a link to a whistleblower website alleging Netflix is systematically moving voice work to Canada to avoid U.S. union protections and using performances to train AI, and is running an illegal pay-to-play internship scheme in LA.
The author's thesis is that these unethical (and in one case, allegedly illegal) practices create significant reputational and legal risk for Netflix, particularly in upcoming union negotiations.
Quality assessment: Speculation. The post references an external website but provides no primary evidence, legal filings, or corroborating sources within the post itself. It is an unverified allegation.
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This has been posted in a couple of entertainment industry subreddits, but might be interesting to this subreddit.
Pynchon-themed comedic Netflix whistleblower site:
www.yoyodub.com
TLDR if you don’t have time to read the website is:
Netflix execs, under approval of Netflix co-CEOs…
1. have been quietly moving most voice work to Canada since 2023 to avoid US workers and SAG-AFTRA protection and use those performances to train “Deepspeak” A.I. that replaces human performers.
Also, all Netflix produced performances in all languages and all countries outside of SAG-AFTRA in the US are used to train Netflix generative A.I. that replaces human performers.
Immoral, not illegal, but also certainly won’t help Netflix in talent union negotiations.
2. have orchestrated and sanctioned a blatant and ludicrous ongoing illegal Pay-To-Play “internship” scam in LA that charges actors $2000 for the opportunity to work. Evidence shows how blatantly this violates California’s Krekorian Talent Scam Prevention Act (AB 1319) in multiple ways.