Comment on 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

• pokemaster787@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Google is not the law, and they can do whatever they want with their company.

  Sure, but imagine your employer just fired you because of accusations before it ever reached trial. Illegal? No. Ruining someone’s livelihood even though they’re innocent legally speaking? Yes.

  Not defending this person, I genuinely do not even know who they are. But “private company can do whatever they want, your rights are only something the government has to care about” is a pretty concerning position to take. Not to mention they didn’t seem to take down or stop running ads on the channel, just stopped giving him the money. They’re profiting off of his content without paying him and using an unverified (but very possibly accurate) accusation as an excuse. That should be illegal.

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  • GeneralVincent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I would hope my job would fire me if there were a dozen complaints about me ranging from mental abuse to rape over the span of over a decade.

    I agree with you about Google just pocketing any money made off him though, that’s messed up

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    • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The influx of libertarian dead minded commenters here is exhausting. Too concerned with zero tolerance rules to even consider the details or understand the difference. I thought Reddit was bad.

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  • GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    When YouTube disables monetization they stop running any ads on the channel. Other articles like this one are clearer on that matter.

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  • Blizzard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I genuinely do not even know who they are

    Don’t kkow too much about him but I liked him in this video.

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• mx_smith@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This puts Russel Brand in a position to sue for libel and slander as the court of public opinion has already declared him guilty. What happens if he is found innocent at his court case. What if they did this to Johnny Depp?

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  • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nothing. These people aren’t entitled to companies wanting to work with them. This isn’t the same thing as being a W-2 worker somewhere.

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• GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This only works because Youtube has the loosest form of contracts with it’s creators. Your regular employers can’t fire you because of allegations or hearsay.

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