Because Russell Brand’s channels “violated” YouTube’s “creator responsibility policy,” the platform has banned them from running advertisements.
The online video service claimed that it was acting “to protect” its users.
The BBC announced that it had taken some of the comedic and acting roles’ programs off of its streaming platforms in the interim.
It follows allegations of rape and sexual assault against him between 2006 and 2013. He disputes them, claiming that all of his interactions were “consensual.”
The BBC declared that it had taken certain material off of iPlayer and BBC Sounds because it “now falls below public expectations.”
A YouTube representative stated earlier on Tuesday that “we take action” if a creator’s conduct outside of the platform hurts our users, staff, or ecosystem.
The former TV and radio personality has redefined himself in recent years, regularly producing videos to his 6.6 million subscribers about spirituality, anti-establishment politics, and most recently, UFOs. Additionally, he tweets on Rumble, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Instagram.
Awakening With Russell, Stay Free With Russell Brand, and Football Is Nice are other channels connected to his primary YouTube profile, and together they have a combined audience of about 500,000.
Author and CEO of the social media monitoring firm CORQ, Sara McCorquodale, calculated that Brand earned between £2,000 and £4,000 for each YouTube video.
She told BBC News that he was probably earning more money from YouTube than any other outlet. Everything was designed to direct viewers to his YouTube channel, which likely represented a sizable source of income but has since been halted.
She added that Rumble continues to run advertisements on his content, “so his ability to make money has by no means stopped.”
The Pablo Diablo’s Legitimate Business Firm Ltd., Brand’s company, has had its net assets more than double from £2 million in 2020 to £4.1 million in 2021, according to Companies House.
According to Ms. McCorquodale, YouTube’s decision “will have some impact”. But they’re still watching him. They will follow him because they are fervent followers and want his stuff.
Instead, she anticipated that Brand may introduce a “independent, subscription-based platform” where his hordes of followers might pay to view his films.
Research and response
In a combined investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times, and Channel 4’s Dispatches, Brand was accused of the offenses.
The Metropolitan Police reported receiving an allegation of a purported sexual assault in 2003 on Monday.
The Times published allegations from two more women on Tuesday, including one who claimed he verbally and physically assaulted her when she declined to have sex with him.
Brand used his online social media video platforms to preemptively dismiss all charges of wrongdoing before the Dispatches broadcast, claiming he was the target of “a coordinated attack” involving “very serious allegations that I absolutely refute.”
One of the women who has accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 16 claimed on Monday that his behavior was a “open secret” on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
Alice, the woman, stated that the accusations against him had been “a long time coming.”
She made her first public comments since the claims were made, calling his denial “laughable” and “insulting.”
Additionally postponed are Brand’s remaining concerts on his Bipolarization tour.
Although there was noticeably no new episode on Monday, he continues to be active on Rumble, where he has 1.4 million followers, and he hosts a regular program every weekday.
The comedian’s traditional sources of income before reinventing himself as an online guru included high-profile TV and radio presenting gigs, appearances in books and motion pictures, as well as his own live comedy performances.
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