Netflix faces cease-and-desist over controversial scene in new documentary

Netflix’s newest documentary might be gaining the streaming giant more than just views. Last Friday, Kalshi sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter following the release of the trailer for a new documentary on prediction markets. Titled Instadocs: The Prediction Games, the film centers on the increasingly popular world of prediction markets with the rise of platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket—whose CEOs are set to appear in the doc. The trailer follows a World Cup Final viewing party hosted in Las Vegas, with guests boasting about their use of prediction markets. In one case, a guest even s...