There has been a lot of controversy surrounding YouTuber Logan Paul over the past couple of weeks, and that’s because he screwed up reallll bad.
Backlash from the entire Internet came flowing in after Logan uploaded a video of him and his friends finding a dead body from suicide in a forest.
Since then, he has apologised twice, had his father call out the haters for him, been banned from Vine 2, and even had the police involved.
But now, we’re finally hearing from YouTube.
“An open letter to our community: Many of you have been frustrated with our lack of communication recently. You’re right to be. You deserve to know what’s going on,” they began.
“Like many others, we were upset by the video that was shared last week.”
“Suicide is not a joke, nor should it ever be a driving force for views. As Anna Akana put it perfectly: ‘That body was a person someone loved. You do not walk into a suicide forest with a camera and claim mental health awareness.’
“We expect more of the creators who build their community on @YouTube, as we’re sure you do too. The channel violated our community guidelines, we acted accordingly, and we are looking at further consequences.”
“It’s taken us a long time to respond, but we’ve been listening to everything you’ve been saying. We know that the actions of one creator can affect the entire community, so we’ll have more to share soon on steps we’re taking to ensure a video like this is never circulated again.”
Wowza.
However many people weren’t pleased with YouTube’s response.
“If you were sooooo ‘upset’ do something about it!!! Take away his Youtube Red show just how you did pewdiepie, even though he didn’t deserve that what so ever. Be a good company for once,” one person wrote.
YouTube previously spoke to Teen Vogue, saying that, “Our hearts go out to the family of the person featured in the video. YouTube prohibits violent or gory content posted in a shocking, sensational or disrespectful manner. If a video is graphic, it can only remain on the site when supported by appropriate educational or documentary information and in some cases it will be age-gated. We partner with safety groups such as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to provide educational resources that are incorporated in our YouTube Safety Center.”
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