Backlash follows Friends' return to China's streaming service with LGBTQ storylines edited out

Deadline

The hashtag #FriendsCensored quickly attracted millions of views on the Weibo social media platform after the removal of sexually suggestive lines and an entire plotline in season one (the character Carol, Ross’s ex-wife, being gay).  “I compared this episode and found that all the lines referring to Ross’s ex-wife Carol being a lesbian were deleted. It’s very clearly disjointed,” wrote one user, according to Deadline. Another spotted a globe "mysteriously" blurred. Eventually, the #FriendsCensored was itself censored.