House of the Dragon‘s Season Finale Hit With Major Leak on Social Media

For the second twelvemonth successful a row, House of the Dragon‘s play finale has leaked online—most of it, anyway. As initially reported by Variety, dozens of clips from the August 4 occurrence were posted to a brand-new TikTok relationship earlier being hastily deleted by HBO. However, the clips escaped to different societal media platforms wherever they proceed to spoil the finale for Game of Thrones diehards arsenic we speak.

We volition not uncover present what these clips depicted (we’re not monsters), but up to 30 minutes of footage successful full from the last occurrence purportedly made its mode online done the rogue TikTok account. While the relationship was suspended 3 hours aft the videos went live, the scenes rapidly escaped to different societal media platforms similar Reddit and X, which successful the twelvemonth since its post-Twitter rebranding, has become progressively lax successful moderating leaked oregon pirated uploads.

To guarantee determination would beryllium nary leaks (womp womp), HBO didn’t merchandise immoderate screener copies of the finale to online media outlets, thing it has done successful the past successful an effort to ace down connected spoilers. As antecedently mentioned, past year’s House of the Dragon finale leaked online successful its entirety conscionable 2 days earlier its intended airdate—not to notation the countless Game of Thrones leaks implicit the years—which, as Vulture reported connected years ago, are astir intolerable for the web to control.

While its programming is simply a paid medicine successful the United States, HBO repackages its bid for broader services, stations, and streaming networks worldwide. For instance, successful the United Kingdom and occidental Europe, the institution volition walk its programming to Sky Atlantic, which past makes the contented disposable connected its Now TV streaming platform. As the saying goes, there’s galore a gaffe twixt the cupful and the lip, truthful this leak could’ve travel from anywhere successful the world.

So remember: if you spot something, accidental something… unless it’s the House of Dragon finale. I would similar to hold until this Sunday.

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