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YouTube suspends monetisation of Russell Brand's channel
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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They aren't making more ad revenue off of his channel, because demonetized channels do not display ads via Google. It doesn't mean shit if he's innocent. The court of public opinion is the only court that matters to marketing departments, and he's hot enough right now that no corporation is going to want to be associated with him.
If they're not displaying ads at all now then I guess that's slightly better than I initially assumed, thanks for the clarification
Maybe you should edit your post as not to misinform more people given that you stated something as a fact that you basically just fabricated.
Edit: this comment was more rude than was necessary
OK, I've edited it, no need to make it sound malicious
You're right I should have worded that better, so apologies for being rude. I just think they demonotised him because it's actually pretty clear he is guilty (even if it is just to protect themselves) and your post was kind of adding to the narrative that it's just a witch hunt when demonotised videos don't even have the ads anyway.
But I understand you were just making a point about private companies having too much power over the livelihoods of creators etc which I agree with. I'm sure you didn't have ill intent so like I say I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions.
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.
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.
I'm glad too, I don't think it was ever this civil on Reddit!