New Delhi, May 21 -- With global video-on-demand platforms streaming largely identical titles across markets, India-specific edits to international programming have drawn renewed attention after viewer backlash over The Boys on Amazon Prime Video. The latest season of the American series has triggered criticism on social media over censored dialogue and visuals, highlighting how global content is often altered before reaching Indian audiences, and how that gap is increasingly visible to subscribers.

In The Boys, religious references were reportedly sanitized, while certain visuals, including religious idols and sexual content, were blurred or cut to comply with India's broadcast standards. Prime Video did not respond to Mint's queries fo...