{"id":294113,"date":"2026-05-15T06:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294113\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T06:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:10:08","slug":"netflix-responds-to-texas-ags-inaccurate-claims-of-spying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294113\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix responds to Texas AG’s ‘inaccurate’ claims of ‘spying’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, May 11,\u00a0Paxton announced<\/a> his office was suing Netflix and\u00a0accused the streaming giant of\u00a0“spying on Texans, including children, and collecting users\u2019 data without their knowledge or consent,” according to a May 11 release<\/a>.\u00a0The attorney general’s office claims the company “designs its platform to be addictive,” by using features like\u00a0autoplay to keep its users, especially children, binge-watching Netflix content for long periods of time.<\/p>\n

However, Netflix seems to see things in a different light, with a spokesperson telling\u00a0MySA via email that Paxton’s case “lacks merit and is based on inaccurate and distorted information.”<\/p>\n

“Netflix takes our members\u2019 privacy seriously and complies with privacy and data\u2011protection laws everywhere we operate,” the Netflix spokesperson said. “We look forward to addressing the Texas Attorney General\u2019s allegations in court and further explaining our industry-leading, kid\u2011friendly parental controls and transparent privacy practices.”<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0lawsuit<\/a>, Paxton alleges that Netflix violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), which prohibits all false, misleading or deceptive acts or practices for trade or commerce.\u00a0The attorney general said he is suing the company to stop it from allegedly tracking users’ data and selling it illegally. The lawsuit also aims to require Netflix to disable autoplay on kids\u2019 profiles and secure other possible civil penalties.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNetflix has built a surveillance program designed to illegally collect and profit from Texans\u2019 personal data without their consent, and my office will do everything in our power to stop it,\u201d\u00a0Paxton said in a release. \u201cNetflix is not the ad-free and kid-friendly platform it claims to be. Instead, it has misled consumers while exploiting their private data to make billions. I will continue to work to protect Texas families from deceptive practices by Big Tech companies and ensure that corporations are held accountable under Texas law.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time Paxton has sued a big player in the big tech media industry. In December 2025,\u00a0Paxton sued five major TV manufacturers<\/a> \u2014 Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL Technology Group Corporation (“TCL”) \u2014 over their use of technology to collect users’ data through smart TVs without consent.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday, May 11,\u00a0Paxton announced his office was suing Netflix and\u00a0accused the streaming giant of\u00a0“spying on Texans, including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[821,2107,847,86021,820,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-294113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysabusiness","tag-mysaentertainment","tag-mysanews","tag-mysapolitics","tag-mysastaff","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}