Netflix is facing an investigation over claims that a film on its U.S. platform shows child pornography, it has emerged.
The Argentinian movie Desearas, meaning Desire, is said to show young girls, aged around seven and nine, in a suggestive scene involving pillows.
In a graphic scene one of the girls apparently brings herself to orgasm with the camera showing a close-up of her face, it is claimed.
The website PJ Media said it had reported the film to the FBI, the Department of Justice and to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The Argentinian movie Desearas, meaning Desire, is said to show young girls, aged around seven and nine, in a suggestive scene involving pillows
The NCMEC has launched an investigation, it was reported.
According to the website, some users have been sharing the clip on Facebook, many of them in protest, but to circulate it could still be against the law.
Department of Justice guidance says that pictures and video can be illegal even if they do not explicitly show sex, if they are ‘sufficiently sexually suggestive’.
The rules say: ‘Notably, the legal definition of sexually explicit conduct does not require that an image depict a child engaging in sexual activity.
‘A picture of a naked child may constitute illegal child pornography if it is sufficiently sexually suggestive.
‘Additionally, the age of consent for sexual activity in a given state is irrelevant; any depiction of a minor under 18 years of age engaging in sexually explicit conduct is illegal.’
Netflix is reportedly facing an investigation over claims that the film shows child pornography
The 2017 film was directed by Diego Kaplan, according to IMDB, where it has earned an average four stars out of ten from user reviews.
Earlier this year the film Show Dogs faced a backlash over claims that some of the scenes resembled sexual abuse.
The National Centre on Sexual Exploitation in the US slammed the film, saying it ‘sends a troubling message that grooms children for sexual abuse’.
Director Dawn Hawkins said the dog was ‘rewarded’ for withstanding the inspection of its private part, saying child abusers used similar tactics.