YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star::YouTube has blocked Russell Brand from making money off its platform and the BBC pulled some of his shows from its online streaming service in the wake of rape and sexual assault allegations against the comedian-turned-influencer.
Lots of pro-rapists in this thread. Fuck Russel Brand and fuck Google (obviously)
Since when did innocent until proven guilty stop being a thing? Not defending anyone here, just seems that principle is all but forgotten in modern society.
Youtube cutting off their monetisation is not the same as putting the person in jail.
I didn’t say it was?
That’s the only context innocent until proven guilty ever existed, so yeah, you actually kind of did
It’s not the fucking job of YouTube to judge and punish. We have judges and the Criminal Code for that. We should not let us ruled by corporations!
Oh my God shut up. No one has the right to force a private company to pay them money. YouTube can do any fucking thing they want
Does YouTube have a precedent of blocking people who have allegations? I know little about Russel and his actions, but the way this whole thing has blown up, has me raising an eyebrow. I know his content is exposing of the establishment so I am wondering if we are seeing something here to take him down? Ultimately, justice needs to take place and until then, he should be treated as innocent until proven guilty.
French YouTuber Léo Grasset lost ALL revenue on ALL his videos following (up until now unproven) rape allegations.
Here’s a random source in English for you: https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2022-11-30-back-to-the-léo-grasset-case--targeted-by-an-investigation-for-rape.rJPCh24vj.html
“Innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t exist for celebrities and YouTube/other platforms become de-facto public juror.
Why is Trump on so many social media platforms then?
Guilty until proven Innocent, and even then still kinda guilty.
That’s just how people operate today, and it’s disgusting
Edit: Second sentence added for clarity
YouTube is not court.
He hasn’t been thrown in jail without trial.
This is a private company protecting itself.
Am I misreading your comment or are you supporting the idea of guilty until proven innocent?
Damm guys 15 dislikes? I get that I misunderstood but i didn’t expect to be ratio’d.
I have no reason to doubt the allegations. But allegations shouldn’t be enough for somebody to lose their livelihood.
Well I’m sure Google will be donating the money to sexual assault non profits rather than pocketing the profits right?
Right?
Do you know any corporation that would?
Most corporations would suspend his account completely for damage control.
They’re suspending his income. That’s theft.
I made a joke comment, well since they’re taking his money, I’m sure it’s going to victims. Right?
And you come along and point out that, in your belief, all corporations steal revenue from their content providers when they get accused of a crime. Show me one other platform that’s done this. Suspended revenue (i.e. stealing revenue) prior to conviction rather than canceling content.
Note the BBC cancelled him. Google is still making money off an accused rapist. In fact, more. Because said rapist isn’t getting a cut.
