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| LOGAN PAUL |
LOGAN PAUL the best content creator of this new YOUTUBE world,he used to be a Vine star until they shut down the vine, many VINESTAR came to LA to improve their vine game he is also one of those.
He started his YouTube channel in 2015, from 2016 he started uploading daily vlogs on his channel with the best content oh his videos. After year he gained many subscriber and become the best Youtuber of the year. He also launched his brand called " MAVERICK" . He was also the part of many controversies the most famous and hard one for him is the suicide one.
Suicide video controversy
On December 31, 2017, Paul uploaded a vlog to his YouTube channel depicting the recently deceased corpse of a man who had committed suicide by hanging in Aokigahara at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan, known as the "suicide forest" due to its infamy as a suicide site. Initially intended to be part three of his "Tokyo Adventures" series, Paul and his group had planned to camp in the woods, but in response to finding the corpse, decided to notify the authorities and cancel their plans. The video gained 6.3 million views within 24 hours of being uploaded.[
Paul was criticized for posting the video by celebrities[] and politicians,[] and was accused by other members of the YouTube community of being insensitive to suicide victims.[Several petitions were made to Change.org urging YouTube to delete Paul's channel, the largest of which received more than 500,000 signatures as of January 12, 2018.
As a result of the backlash, Paul removed the video from his YouTube channel, following up with a written apology on Twitter on January 1, 2018. On January 2, 2018, a subsequent video apology was released to YouTube in which Paul describes his behavior as a "coping mechanism," asking his fans to stop defending his actions in the process.[ While acknowledging his actions as irresponsible, he denied that his intention was to mock the victim. The video has garnered over 51.5 million views as of June 2, 2018.
On January 9, YouTube issued a statement via their Twitter account condemning Paul's video. In the series of tweets they said, "It's taken us a long time to respond, but we've been listening to everything you've been saying. We know that the actions of one creator can affect the entire community, so we'll have more to share soon on steps we're taking to ensure a video like this is never circulated again." On January 10, YouTube announced it was removing Paul's channels from Google Preferred, its preferred ad program, and the sequel to his YouTube film The Thinning was placed on hold,[ with the airing of Logan Paul VS. being halted as well. Paul was also cut from season 4 of the YouTube Red series Foursome and the role of Alec Fixler was terminated.On January 15, Paul was seen at LAX by reporters from TMZ. Paul said that he has learned a lot from his mistakes and believes he has been treated "fairly." When asked whether or not he deserves a second chance, Paul replied, "Everyone deserves second chances, bro."
On January 24, Paul uploaded his first video to the "Logan Paul Vlogs" channel since the apology video uploaded three weeks prior. In this video, Paul takes an in-depth look at suicide prevention, interviewing Golden Gate Bridge jumper Kevin Hines, musical activist Bob Forrest, and National Suicide Prevention Lifeline director Dr. John Draper.[ The video was met with mostly positive feedback and has a total of 29 million views as of June 2, 2018. In addition, Paul has donated $1 million to suicide prevention agencies, with a quarter of the proceeds going to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
On February 4, Paul officially returned to his daily vlogs on YouTube, after taking a month-long hiatus.
