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Netflix Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Streaming Issues on Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Bout

The fight emerged as the most viewed sporting event ever on the platform, with 108 million people watching worldwide. Tens of thousands of subscribers reported trouble with their streams.

Netflix is facing a proposed class action from subscribers who were plagued by persistent buffering and freezing glitches that caused them to miss parts of the boxing spectacle between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages on behalf of subscribers who had trouble watching the fight, brings claims for breach of contract and violations of Florida laws surrounding deceptive trade practices and consumer protection. “Instead of providing the programming its viewers pay for every month, Netflix was completely unprepared and unable to fix the issues,” states the complaint, which stresses the company’s “failure to fulfill contractual obligations” as they “continued billing for services not delivered.”

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