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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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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (26 children)

Since when did innocent until proven guilty stop being a thing? Not defending anyone here, just seems that principle is all but forgotten in modern society.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

That's only a legal principle - he's not in jail, is he? Individuals and organizations can do whatever they want. It has nothing to do with modern society.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Punishing people based on accusations isn’t just.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

He should be able to sue youtube for a nice settlement (if he is in the right), maybe? Idealistically, that should keep such bullshit in check.

But then again, youtube probably has "Youtube reserves the right to do fucking anything to you" in its TOS that everybody just skips.

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