YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel
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The BBC also pulled some of the British star's shows from its streaming services following rape and sexual assault allegations against the comedian, who has developed into a "wellness" and conspiracy influencer.

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.

  • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
    1214·
    1 year ago

    I only see allegations, no convictions. Remember what happened to Kevin Spacey and Julian Assange?

    For what it’s worth: I’m not saying he’s innocent. But to go from allegation to conviction, you’ll need a judge in my book. Not a trial by media.

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Youtube yanks monetization from much poorer people for much more mysterious and never revealed reasons. It’s a privately owned business, known for fucking over its content creators.

    • GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.deEnglish
      84·
      1 year ago

      Well there are cases where one unnamed source makes an unprovable accusation, and then there are cases with multiple alleged victims over the span of a decade…

      • cricket97@lemmy.worldEnglish
        512·
        1 year ago

        don’t pretend like it would be impossible for the powers that be to conjure up people to make simultaneous accusations to get someone out of the public arena

        • GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.deEnglish
          102·
          1 year ago

          So you’re willing to believe that “the powers that be” would fake a +10 year string of sexual misconduct allegations against some British B-Tier celeb, but are at the same time incapable of fixing the courts?

          • cricket97@lemmy.worldEnglish
            49·
            1 year ago

            Yes? It’s orders of magnitude easier to get someone to make false accusations than to fix the court system. Not sure that’s a controversial statement.

            • GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.deEnglish
              72·
              1 year ago

              So do you think these accusations were done in preparation, or someone has a serious grudge against Russell, or are we all being retconned?

              • cricket97@lemmy.worldEnglish
                28·
                1 year ago

                Could be anything, yeah. Could be because they want to extract wealth from him, could be because they don’t like what he says. Or he could have actually raped someone. You don’t know and neither do I

    • exohuman@programming.devEnglish
      35·
      1 year ago

      Yes, this is true about Spacey being innocent. I have personally known people who have made false allegations so I don’t doubt it happens.