 In July 2016, a Netflix subscriber sued the company over the 2014 raising of its subscription fee from US$7.99 to $9.99, alleging he was told by a Netflix customer support representative in 2011 that they could pay the same price in perpetuity as long as they maintained their subscription continuously.In June 2018, Netflix CCO Jonathan Friedland was fired for saying the word "nigger" during a company meeting about offensive words.A memo released by Reed Hastings, which stated that he should have used a euphemism, mentioned that Friedland said the word again during a follow-up meeting with human resources.