Thousands of Netflix users reported outages on Wednesday in the mobile app and website of Netflix.
We are currently experiencing issues streaming on some devices, read a statement on the company's website.
According to Downdetector, a website that reports service outages, reports peaked around 4 p.m. PST of outages and came over the following hour. The platform was reportedly not working for users in the U.S. Mexico, Canada and Australia.
The website appeared to have resolved the issue shortly before 6: 30 p.m. PST.
We are not currently experiencing an interruption to our streaming service, the website said.
The outage came amid a week of controversy for the company, brought on by the release of Dave Chappelle s comedy special The Closer. Chappelle said earlier this month that gender is a fact and said he identified as a TERF, an acronym that stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist. He also compared the transgender community to people who wear blackface.
Netflix employees walked out in protest on Wednesday. A pre-noon rally at a Netflix office-studio complex drew about 100 people, most on the side of an estimated 30 workers who joined in afterward.
We value our trans colleagues and allies and understand the deep hurt that s been caused, a Netflix spokesperson said in a previous statement to Fox Business regarding the walk-out. We respect the decision of any employee who chooses to walk out, and recognize we have much more work to do both within Netflix and in our content.