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Sep 30, 2022 · 20 WORST YouTube Scandals Ever. These infamous scandals rocked YouTube. For this list, we’ll be looking at scandals that plagued the YouTube community and made mainstream headlines,...
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- ImJayStation faked his girlfriend's death to get more subscribers. Jason Ethier, aka ImJayStation, admitted in January 2020 he faked fellow YouTuber Alexia Marano's death to up his subscriber count on the platform.
- ReSet sentenced to jail for an Oreo toothpaste prank. YouTuber Kanghua Ren, aka ReSet, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and given a $22,300 fine after he filmed himself handing a homeless man an Oreo filled with toothpaste instead of creme.
- YouTubers accused of promoting a scam. This past year, YouTubers like Shane Dawson, Philip DeFranco, and h3h3Productions have promoted BetterHelp, an online counseling service that claims to provide professional and affordable therapy.
- Beauty vloggers slammed for racist comments. Tensions among the YouTube beauty community were at an all-time high this year — and it revolved around none other than Jeffree Star.
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- Alan and Alex Stokes Charged With Faking Bank Robberies. Twin YouTubers Alan and Alex Stokes staged two fake bank robberies as pranks in October 2019. A since-deleted clip titled “BANK ROBBER PRANK!
- ‘Bye Sister’ Though the “Bye Sister” video has since been deleted from YouTube, it still left its mark on the platform. It all started when James Charles posted a sponsored Instagram Story promoting Sugar Bear Hair vitamins in April 2019.
- Jenna Marbles Quits YouTube. The longtime vlogger revealed she was “moving on” from her channel for the foreseeable future in June 2020. The decision came as a result of fans asking her to atone for past racist skits in her videos, including one where she seemed to wear blackface.
- ‘Dear Fat People’ In 2015, comedian Nicole Arbour made a now-notorious video titled “Dear Fat People,” where she made demeaning and downright rude comments about overweight individuals.
Dec 6, 2021 · More than 2.2 million incorrect copyright claims hit YouTube videos between January and June 2021, according to a new report from the company. Creators have long complained of overly aggressive...
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On January 24, Game Theory's Matthew Patrick (MatPat) uploaded a video detailing his claim that Defy Media owed at least $1.7 million to over 50 creators, including himself, in ad money that he...
Sep 4, 2019 · Google agreed on Wednesday to pay a record $170 million fine and make changes to protect children’s privacy on YouTube, as regulators said the video site had knowingly and illegally harvested...
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Feb 22, 2019 · Ryan Broderick. BuzzFeed News Reporter. Posted on February 22, 2019, 2:42 pm. A new controversy this week over the sexualized exploitation of children on YouTube has set off a wave of advertiser boycotts and heightened tensions among the site's biggest channels.
