On February 17, the third season of The White Lotus premièred on JioHotstar. But with the very first episode of creator Mike White’s acclaimed series, the recently launched platform has courted controversy. Sources say that JioHotstar has drawn sharp criticism from international partner HBO for censoring two scenes in the satire.

A scene, which sees Nicholas Duvernay cursing at a Buddha idol, was missing from the Indian stream, while another sequence involving masturbation was reduced. We’re told the changes caught eagle-eyed viewers’ attention as the platform had uploaded the original episode on the morning of February 17, and reportedly replaced it with the edited version by noon.