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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!
I'm guessing the challenge is advertisers. Advertisers buy ad space next to or in video content. No advertiser wants to buy ad space that is adjacent to or makes it look like they are supporting someone under public scrutiny for sexual assault allegations. So as Google, where you need to sell good ad space to paying advertisers, bother with running ads next to Russel Brand or just say no and make that clear to advertisers to build confidence?
Yeah but they clearly feel there is enough smoke to be worried about a fire and are entitled to cut ties. It may be the case if they don't that people take their impartial inaction to be supporting him. They have ethics and morality clauses in their TOS.
It is their job to make profits. Literally. Google is legally bound by stake holder agreement to maximise profits, absolutely nothing to do with the justice system or any sort of ethical code.
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
Advertisers won't want to be shown on his videos while this is ongoing.
Keeping them happy is in fact literally their job.
Didn't know Google was the one that sentenced him to jail.
Not giving money is punishment
No, it is a consequence of having bad publicity.
Agree, there's actual rapists and incels on YouTube that need banning before an alleged rapist or SA.
and they might have tainted any jurors ifa case did come about.
He isn't banned though.