All three of Shane Dawson's popular YouTube channels cannot generate advertising revenue indefinitely.
The move took place after a series of old videos on Dawson's channels had been checked for their attention racist, anti-Semitic and offensive to others Content. In a video, Dawson in particular makes sexual comments about a then 11-year-old Willow Smith, which led to Jada Pinkett Smith and Jaden Smith calling Dawson publicly on Twitter.
The duration of Dawson's monetization suspension is indefinite, but not permanent. The edge Approved. Tube filter first reported the story. Dawson's past behavior, which has received a lot of attention in the past few days, was enough for YouTube to take action, even though the videos are years old. Tube filter Reports. Channels affected include Shane (22.5 million subscribers), Shane Dawson TV (8.4 million subscribers) and Shane Glossin (3.7 million subscribers).
The company said The edge In rare but harmful situations like this, YouTube has a responsibility to protect the developer community and advertisers. Even if the current content of a creator does not violate company guidelines, the company is obliged to take action if it is made aware of previous videos. The impact of Dawson's videos and behavior on and off the platform justified this action, according to YouTube.
Although Dawson's use of Blackface was mentioned in previous videos, the creator was criticized again afterwards make a video last week address his previous behavior. Dawson said in the video that he had used "a lot" of Blackface and noticed that while trying to excuse the behavior a few years ago, he is now trying to take responsibility.
"I don't even know exactly how to apologize because it looks like it can't be redeemed," says Dawson in the new video. "It's something I shouldn't get out of – I should lose everything for it."
Although YouTube is taking action, it's not permanent. Dawson is one of the platform's most popular developers, but YouTube seems to be an example of Dawson's past while protecting the developer community and the company. Many of these videos were published on YouTube years ago and also raise questions about why YouTube has not taken any action before if they are responsible. These videos have been viewed by fans on social media multiple times over the years. Companies like Target have also confirmed They remove Dawson's books from their shelves.
Other creators, including Jenna Marbles and Liza Koshyhave also apologized in the past few days for using racist and stereotypical representations when playing characters in their past videos. Marbles announced that she was leaving YouTube last week. Dawson didn't say what he was up to.
"You will probably never forgive me much of this, and you may not have known about these old videos, I understand 100 percent," said Dawson in his latest video.
Update June 30, 12:43 p.m. ET: The story has been updated with additional information from YouTube.
