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YouTube suspends monetisation of Russell Brand's channel (www.bbc.co.uk)
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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

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

It's pretty BS that your life can be completely destroyed from false allegations. I'm not saying that the allegations against him are false, but he has already suffered all of the social fallout, regardless of guilt. What if it comes back that he's not guilty and the whole thing is a hit job? Or was an extortion scheme he wouldn't participate with? Again, I'm not saying it is or isn't. What I'm saying is that people and society judge others based on the accusations against them, not the facts. Since we know this to be true, it might be prudent to prevent publication of accusations before conviction. I'm not sure, because I'm not an expert and haven't given it much thought. I just know that the way society responds now is reactive and potentially devastating for people who are actually innocent.

[-] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

If you're a woman working in the media right now, it would be useful to know this so that you can avoid any one-to-one meetings with him. Holding this information back could be putting people in real danger.

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