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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 (www.nbcnews.com)

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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.

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 years ago

"Innocent until proven guilty" doesn't exist for Youtube, because they aren't a legal entity.

To them it is "bad publicity means we demonetise your channel" because their customers are the advertisers and they don't want to be next to someone with even accusations of rape.