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Apparently it's because of Paramount Germany. Those episodes had, to quote them, "anti Semitic commentary"
It's only Germany as well, other countries get all of them. Including the United States. This reaction to a Twitter post is overblown. Germany has laws that must be followed that's all
Everyone here is reacting to a random person on Twitter as if they are telling the truth.
No, paramount blocks it in the US too if it gets blocked in Germany, so whilst the right thing to do is to block it for German accounts only, it's not what happens
https://youtu.be/S47RlaItiPg