Logan Paul's YouTube channels removed from Google Preferred

Logan Paul (Facebook/Logan Paul)

Google subsidiary YouTube has revealed its decision with regards to the controversial video posted by vlogger Logan Paul on his channel on the video-sharing website on December 31, 2017. The video, which has been deleted, was widely criticized because it included a footage of a man who just committed suicide in the suicide forest in Japan.

Among the celebrities who slammed the vlogger for the video were Aaron Paul and Sophie Turner. The fact that it took YouTube 11 days to address the video in question and the video received more than 6 million videos before being taken down caused further criticisms.  

“In light of recent events, we have decided to remove Logan Paul’s channels from Google Preferred,” a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement obtained by Variety. Google Preferred is a premium services that allows advertisers to pair up their ads with top-performing YouTube videos.

The spokesperson added that Logan will not be featured in “Foursome” Season 4 and “his new originals are on hold.” Produced by Awesomeness TV, “Foursome” is a romantic comedy web series distributed exclusively by YouTube Red and its third season premiered in November 2017.

In “Foursome,” Logan plays Alec Fixler, the big brother of the protagonist Andie Fixler (Jenn McAllister). Andie is a high school sophomore who is having a hard time going on a date because Alec does not want her to date anyone.

In other news, officials from YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are scheduled to attend a hearing titled “Terrorism and Social Media: #IsBigTechDoingEnough?” in Washington, D.C. on January 17, 2018, The Mercury News reported. The tech firms will testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation about how they are combating extremist content online.

In 2017, lawmakers grilled the companies’ lawyers about ads purchased by Russians during the United States presidential election in 2016. Russian officials have denied interfering in the U.S. election through social media ads.

Meanwhile, Logan's YouTube channel has been inactive since the suicide forest vlog controversy. Watch his most recent video here: