Netflix edits phone number in Squid Game after prank calls
Netflix has edited a phone number out of its global hit seriesThis comes after South Koreans who use it or similar combinations were bombarded with telephone calls to join the show's deadly games.
By Thursday the eight-digit number that appears in the first two episodes had been replaced with a six-digit version. Squid Game after South Koreans who use it or similar combinations were deluged with calls - some asking to join the show's life-or-death games. The South Korean-made series has topped Netflix popularity charts in more than 80 countries since its launch last month and is on track toThe nine-episode drama - incorporating uncompromising violence and addressing widening economic inequality - sees hundreds of cash-strapped people compete in a series of children's games to win the final reward of 45.6 billion won , with the losers killed.To take part, they have to call a number on a business card printed with symbols.
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