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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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[-] Fluid@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Punishing people based on accusations isn’t just.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fuck it, I'll bite. Let's fight in the bailey:

It is when it's rape and you're a right wing creep who has been known for decades to be a creep.

We don't live in your nightmare world anymore where rapists can exploit the principles of the old empire to get away with subjugating everyone else.

Innocent until proven guilty is an anachronistic idea that is way past its time. We accept credible accusations from rape victims as evidence now because we are no longer primitive sexists who assume women are lying about everything. We have video now. A lot of rape cases don't actually need trials because the dumb fuck rapists record themselves doing it and put the videos on Facebook. Rapists are rarely ever arrested or charged despite overwhelming evidence because of sexism. The founding principles of the Constitition themselves are outdated, increasingly irrelevant, and do not reflect the reality of today's world with today's values.

The statistical nature of rape means the fact this guy's being cancelled and more importantly charged over it means he's guilty. The odds are too low for him not to be.

So we trust the accusations, and unless evidence comes out proving them false, you don't have shit to say.

Now go ahead and waste everyone's time debating the value of innocent until proven guilty, I'll play along, fuck it.

[-] Lmaydev@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Since when are corporations actions based on justice?

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No punishment by the state based on accusations isn't just.

[-] legion02@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Is this him being punished or YouTube protecting it's brand?

[-] Eximius@lemmy.lt -2 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.

[-] Eximius@lemmy.lt -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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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