Russell Brand: YouTube suspends monetisation of star's channel
www.bbc.co.uk
The comedian and actor is accused of historical rape and sexual assaults, which he denies.

Or in other words “Megacorp reminds you that it can and will decide to pocket cut your income based on the court of public opinion”.

This is not a discussion about the allegations against him, this is about the fact that Google have decided to pocket the income they would otherwise be giving him (not taking down the videos, oh no, they’re probably bringing in even more ad revenue now!) without any convictions or similar. Not that Google is an employer (I’m sure they consider payments they make to video uploaders to be some kind of generous untaxable gift), but should an employer have the power to take away a source of income based on allegations, no matter how heinous?

Edit: seems they’re actually not putting ads on his videos at all now, which was a surprise to me

  • smeg@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thanks, I’m so used to super-angry replies on any slightly contentious internet discussion that I probably got the wrong sentiment from your message! I definitely don’t want to be misleading anyone and I’m happy to have discovered that I was wrong about that particular bit.

    • Rambi@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think think you even got the wrong sentiment I was definitely being rude lol. I think l was just in a bad mood and interpreted your post uncharitably but when I read your comments on the post later I saw you didn’t have any ill intentions and felt bad for jumping to conclusions. Glad this exchange ended on good terms any way.

      • smeg@feddit.ukOPEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I’m glad too, I don’t think it was ever this civil on Reddit!