What's happening with Linus Media Group?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

Specifically:

What’s the controversy?

What’s Gamer Nexus about?

What is with the allegations of sexual harassment? Is the allegation against Linus Sebastian himself or employees in Linus Media Group?

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hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Timeline:

Gamers Nexus made a video about an assortment of inaccuracies in recent LTT videos, as well as ethical concerns regarding sponsoring companies and reviewed companies

Linus makes a written response on his forum that’s not well received

small drama channels and a few bigger tech channels take notice

Gamers Nexus addresses the response in a video and doubles down on their criticism

LTT uploads a video giving small insights into what happened and says they will stop operations this week and discuss everything thoroughly, they get both sympathy and hate for it

more drama channels and social media is starting to take notice

Madison Tweets serious allegations against the workplace, her direct managers and even Linus himself (includes tight schedules right up to SA allegations)

a lot of big YouTube Drama/News channels start getting involved

LTT makes a statement regarding Madison’s allegations saying they take it very seriously and they’ll contract a third party to conduct investigations.

a lot of social media sites get flooded by bits and pieces of it
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- WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  This is one of the best answers I’ve gotten. Thank you!
  
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