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YouTube cancels PewDiePie original content and preferred ad status over anti-Semitic row

on Feb 14, 2017 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

YouTube star PewDiePie has been further abandoned by his corporate partners, with YouTube now cutting ties with the Swedish creator – the platform’s most watched with around 40bn views.

Earlier today, it emerged the artist had been dropped from the roster by Disney’s Maker Studios in response to a series of anti-Semitic videos he posted over the last few months, two of which were entitled ‘Death To All Jews’ and ‘Hitler Did Absolutely Nothing Wrong’.

Now, bereft of backing from the content studio, PewDiePie now finds that his primary platform for his content, YouTube, has abandoned Read full story ›

Source: The Drum