The controversial French film Cuties premiered on Netflix Sept. 9, prompting #CancelNetflix to begin trending on Twitter, a hashtag which has been flooded by those who subscribe to the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory.A quick glance of the #CancelNetflix hashtag reveals a number of tweets also using the #SaveTheChildren and #SaveOurChildren hashtags that have been co-opted by QAnon, which centers on the idea that there's a cabal of pedophiles -- many members of which are elite Hollywood liberals -- running a massive child sex-trafficking ring.

According to the description on Netflix, Cuties tells the story of "Eleven-year-old Amy," who "starts to rebel against her conservative family's traditions when she becomes fascinated with a free-spirited dance crew." However, the film spawned controversy with the release of its poster, which featured Amy and her friends posing in suggestive positions and twerking while wearing revealing uniforms. The backlash from the poster prompted Netflix to issue an apology, saying "It was not OK, nor was it representative of this French film which premiered at Sundance." The streaming service subsequently updated the artwork on the platform, as well as the description, which was changed to the one above after removing any references to twerking.

Following the poster debacle, the film's director -- Maïmouna Doucouré -- revealed she'd received "numerous death threats." She also similarly explained that the poster was not representative of the film or its underlying message, and that she "discovered the poster as [sic] the same time as the American public."

"I didn't understand what was going on," Doucouré said. "That was when I went and saw what the poster looked like."

A Change.org petition to remove Cuties from Netflix currently has nearly 350,000 signatures, with the creator of the petition arguing that it's "disgusting as it sexualizes an ELEVEN year old for the viewing pleasure of pedophiles and also negatively influences our children!"