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.
It’s kind of weird how so much of this thread seems to think a monetized YouTube channel is a human right or something
That’s not the point.
If someone made an allegation against you, would you expect your employer to sack you first and ask questions later or would you like the chance to defend yourself legally first?
Dude, people get fired all the time after being arrested or accused of a heinous act. All of this well before ever going to trial. Businesses don’t have to and often won’t keep someone on that is a risk to their company, culture, or brand identity.
It absolutely sucks that people can lose their livelihood over “he said / she said”, but the fact is that it happens all the time.
Youtube is an employer now?
Semantics
If I was was accused of something awful yes I’d be fired. That how life works, doesn’t make it fair. The reason? Because 9 times out of 10 it’s true.
Why do you want a potential rapist to get special privileges?
I don’t think that the democratic principle of innocent until proven guilty is special treatment, nor do I think that the right to a fair trial is special treatment.
God forbid, you ever get falsely accused of anything nefarious, you’ll deserve the treatment that you condone.
And by extension, you obviously expect to be accused of something like this, because you are bending over backwards to defend a probable rapist.
Innocent until proven guilty was NEVER applied anywhere but a legal context and your willful attempts at ignoring that fact when presented it, indicate you’re exactly as suspect as you originally came off. Great job.