YouTube CEO Defends Demonetizing Russell Brand’s Channel

exposé reported allegations earlier this month that the British comedian, 48, raped and abused four women between 2006 and 2013.Tesla founder Musk, 52, had a conversation on X Spaces with conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro, 39, on Thursday in which they discussed Brand.Musk gave his two cents, saying that there needs to be a “conviction.”“It can’t be guilty until proven innocent. Because obviously we’re just sort of in the witch burning phase here; just being declared a witch is enough to make you a witch and be burnt,” the father of 11 explained.The billionaire added that “anyone could be accused at any time of false charges, and we can’t be destroying their lives on the potential of false accusations.”Musk further noted that the “Get Him to the Greek” actor “rattled the cage” of the “powers that be.”He continued to state that the public should ask why the accusations against Brand are coming to light a decade after the incidents allegedly occurred.

Russell Brand has called for financial support on Rumble after YouTube suspended monetisation on his channel.The platform demonetised his channel earlier this month following rape and sexual assault allegations against him between 2006 and 2013. Brand has denied the allegations.In a livestream on Rumble (September 25) titled “Are we being silenced? The battle for free speech”, the comedian urged his followers to support his “independent voice” directly.

Russell Brand made a return to live streaming on Monday night after the Metropolitan Police statement was released about the allegations facing the comedian. As we reported, The Metropolitan Police has said it has received “a number of allegations of sexual assault in London” following news reports about the comedian.

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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has defended the decision to strip Russell Brand’s 6.6M-subscriber channel of ads, thereby preventing him from monetizing it following sexual assault allegations.

Lorraine Kelly has revealed that she's taking a break from social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as things have 'gone a bit dark'.

Video site Rumble has lashed out at the UK government for asking if it would stop Russell Brand earning money on the platform following the sexual assault allegations made against the comedian and actor.

Russell Brand has been accused of pinning a woman onto a sofa and kissing her, despite her telling him to stop.The claims have surfaced from a fifth woman less than a week after the comedian-turned-Hollywood-star was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. Russell Brand has strongly denied the previous accusations and said all his relationships were consensual.

UK media regulator Ofcom has received more than 100 complaints from viewers who felt that Channel 4’s bombshell expose on Russell Brand was “unfair” to the comedian.

K.J. Yossman A YouTube exec has said disgraced comedian Russell Brand should not be able to “make a living” through the platform but added YouTube currently has no plans to ban him. Pedro Pina, YouTube’s EMEA VP was appearing in conversation with Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon at the Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge, U.K, on Wednesday when Mahon asked him about the decision to turn off monetization of Brand’s YouTube channel.

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Russell Brand is being demonetized by YouTube.

YouTube has suspended Russell Brand from making money on the platform for "violating" its "creator responsibility policy." The decision was made in order to "protect" its users, a spokesperson for the video streaming company said on Tuesday. The move follows the allegations of rape, sexual assault, and coercive behavior made by four women over the weekend. The allegations pertain to the period between 2006 and 2013.

YouTube said Tuesday that Russell Brand will no longer make money from the video streaming site after several women made allegations of sexual assault against the comedian-turned-influencer.

YouTube has confirmed that it has “suspended monetisation” on Russell Brand’s channel due to “violating” its “creator responsibility policy”.Brand was last week accused of rape and sexual assaults alleged to have taken place between 2006 and 2013. Brand has denied those allegations.

YouTube has suspended revenue on Russell Brand’s channel after the British comedian was accused of rape and sexual assault.

YouTube has suspended the monetisation of Russell Brand's channel amid allegations of rape and sexual assaul t against the comic.