Netflix may have 20% local EU content

Streaming giants, like Netflix and Amazon, may have to provide 20% local content to EU subscribers.

The proposed European Union directive would insist on a quota of content from within Europe. The move is to protect the film industries, cultures, and languages of the European Union.

The proposal includes a requirement that such services have better measures to protect minors from violent content, and to protect viewers of all ages from content that is an incitement to hatred. Symbols or phrases must be created to warn viewers of potentially harmful video content.