Netflix to edit 'Squid Game' after South Korean woman inundated with calls

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Netflix to edit 'Squid Game' after a South Korean woman was deluged with thousands of prank calls and text messages when her phone number was highlighted as a key plot point in the show.

SEOUL — A South Korean woman who was deluged with thousands of prank calls and text messages after her phone number was highlighted as a key plot point inNetflix and local production company Siren Pictures said on Wednesday they would edit scenes to remove the phone number, which appears on a mysterious invitation card given to potential players of a series of deadly children’s games.

Local broadcaster SBS aired an interview last month with the owner of the phone number, who they identified as Kim Gil-young, a woman who runs a business in the southeastern county of Seongju. The woman showed some of the messages she had received, including requests for invitations to join the Squid Game and go “from rags to riches.

 

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How did not one person think to check the number 😂

that's a pretty big oversight

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