YouTube has changed directions and decided to remove the channel of a prominent creator who pleaded guilty earlier this week to coercing a number of underage girls into sending sexually explicit videos.
Austin Jones, a 26-year-old creator known for a capella covers of popular songs, told girls between the ages of 14 and 15 to send him videos “dancing in a sexual manner” and performing sexual acts in order to prove they were his biggest fans, according to Buzzfeed. Jones was arrested on child porn charges in June 2017, but allegations from fans first started spreading online in 2015.
Despite his guilty plea, YouTube initially refused to terminate Jones’ channel. That’s because YouTube believed his crime wasn’t closely related to the…
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