The YouTube video platform decided Tuesday to temporarily suspend monetization and promotion channels for the channel of “influencer” James Charles, with 25.5 million followers, over allegations of digital harassment of two minors, the magazine reported. People.
YouTube confirmed that it has decided to temporarily remove Charles, known for his makeup and beauty videos, from the YouTube affiliate program for violating one of the principles of the main “ influencers ” behavior, both on and off it. platform.
That policy includes measures to prevent that person from monetizing the content they post on YouTube and taking advantage of sponsorship and advertising opportunities.
Charles has been accused of inappropriate behavior on Snapchat by two 16-year-old boys.
Charles, 21, apologized in a video on April 1 for his communication and “flirtation” with the two children and made sure that both first told him they were 18 years old.
“I relied on the information they gave me instead of looking for it myself,” acknowledged Charles, who is one of the most influential youtubers in the profitable makeup and beauty segment.
The allegations against Charles prompted the cosmetics company Morphe to announce on Friday that it was “scaling down” its association agreement with the “youtuber” and regarding the product line that bears his name.
The apologizing video from Charles, one of YouTube’s “mega-influencers”, has been seen more than 8 million times, motivating new allegations of inappropriate attitudes in minors.
“Since I published that video, a lot of other people have come out with a series of manipulated stories and false accusations,” Charles said on Twitter last Friday.
YouTube has taken action in recent years against the top ‘influencers’ accused of sexual harassment or abuse.
Last month, he demonized David Dobrik (with 19 million followers) over rape allegations and in 2019 suspended the account of singer Austin Jones, who admitted improper communication with minors.