UK Netflix Customers Could Face Criminal Charges For Sharing Their Passwords

In some Latin American nations, Netflix has been testing $3 supplemental fees for password sharing. Now, UK Netflix customers could face criminal charges for sharing their passwords.

Customers of Netflix in the UK may soon be charged with a crime if they share their password in 2019.

The well-known streaming service intends to ban password sharing starting in the first quarter of 2023.

It has been on Netflix's radar to take action against it for a while, but this is the first official announcement that the adjustments will actually take place.

Out of the 222 million households with active memberships worldwide, the business asserted that at least "100 million additional households" were accessing its services through password sharing.

More than 30 million households in the US and Canada are said to utilize Netflix via password sharing, according to Newsweek.

Only those who share a residence may apply for Netflix's shared accounts with distinct profiles and multip...

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