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YouTube drops vlogger Logan Paul - Konah 2017-2018
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YouTube has dropped vlogger Logan Paul from the Google Preferred program after he posted a video of a dead body he filmed hanging from a tree in Japan’s colloquially titled “suicide forest.”
The Google Preferred program is a lucrative advertising network for certain YouTube channels that results in members having more favorable ad rates.
On Monday, Dec.31, 2017, Paul posted his final video of the year. The video’s original intent was to conclude Paul’s three-part series on his trip to Japan.
Paul and his companions ventured into the Aokigahara forest, known for its history as a location for people attempting and completing suicide, in hopes to capture some paranormal events that the forest has become infamous for.
However the video resulted in the discovery of a supposed dead body of a person who completed suicide.
Paul began his video with a personal address to his audience, as quoted from NYMag.com, saying, “This is not clickbait. This is the most real vlog I’ve ever posted to this channel. I think this definitely marks a moment in YouTube history because I’m pretty sure this has never hopefully happened to anyone on YouTube ever.”
Going forward in the video Paul tells his viewers to be prepared for what’s in store for them, “Now with that said: Buckle the (expletive) up, because you’re never gonna see a video like this again!”
The 15 minute video contained some mild jokes about the surrounding area and other comments as the group hiked through the forest. It is then that Paul and friends noticed a body hanging farther off in the distance.
After questioning if it was just a person and then realizing he was filming a dead body, Paul turns the camera to himself, to explain, “So, a lot of things are going through my mind. This is a first for me.” Also adding that, “Suicide is not a joke. Depression and mental illness are not a joke. This obviously just became very real.”
After the posting of the video it was viewed more than 6 million times before the video was pulled from YouTube on Jan. 1, 2018. At the same time Paul posted an apology on Twitter, apologizing that he posted the video and for all the criticism.
He said that he thought he could “make a positive ripple on the internet, not a monsoon of negativity.”
A majority of the criticisms came from the people’s views that he was using the person to gain publicity, that he was insensitive to the situation, and that his light-hearted stance and the humor and laughter that was in the video was rude to what had happen to that person.
After receiving additional criticism that his Twitter apology wasn’t sincere, Paul posted a two and a half minute video apology, describing that he was truly sorry. He claims he did not intend for the video to send the message as it has been received.
On Jan. 3, 2018, Paul took to Twitter once again to say that he would be taking a break from YouTube.
YouTube has also announced that Paul will not be featured in the fourth season of the YouTube Red scripted original “Foursome.”
YouTube’s prior actions against Paul included giving him a strike for his violation of its posted community guidelines.
His participation in the upcoming YouTube original film “Thinning: New World Order,” a sequel to another of his YouTube Red projects, has been put on hold.
Women's March takes on the World - Konah 2017-18
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On Jan. 20, 2018 women and their communities came together and marched in all corners of the world for the second year in a row, to represent and stand for Women’s Rights and equality.
Coming off last year’s focus of protesting the inauguration of President Trump, this year women came together to speak out against sexual assault, to voice the inequalities they face, and to protest the actions President Trump and his administration have taken.
Once again the March had absurd number of participants, reaching over two million. From Mayor Bill de Blasio the New York march had around 200,000 members, Chicago had around 300,000 and the Mayor of Las Angeles, Eric Garcetti, reported more than 600,000 participants.
The Marches purpose, via the Missions official statement, “is to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change. With a commitment to dismantling systems of oppression through nonviolent resistance and building inclusive structures guided by self-determination, dignity and respect.”
The march is now an annual movement that is women-led and have hopes to establish new grassroots activists and organizers. They plan to engage communities by teaching them and by creating outreach programs and events. All of these actions are to cover the unspoken and spoken issues of our modern world that women face each and every day. Women will not go quietly but with a voice a strong as a nation.protest the actions President Trump and his administration have taken.
Once again the March had absurd number of participants, reaching over 2 million. From Mayor Bill de Blasio the New York march had around 200,000 members, Chicago had around 300,000 and the Mayor of Las Angeles, Eric Garcetti, reported more than 600,000 participants.
The marches’ purpose, via the mission’s official statement, “is to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change. With a commitment to dismantling systems of oppression through nonviolent resistance and building inclusive structures guided by self-determination, dignity and respect.”
The march is now an annual movement that is women-led who have hopes to establish new grassroots activists and organizers.
They plan to engage communities by teaching them and by creating outreach programs and events.
All of these actions are to cover the unspoken and spoken issues of our modern world that women face each and every day.
Women will not go quietly but with a voice a strong as a nation.
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Sticks and Stones - Konah 2016-2017This opinion article was written and published on the weekend after the Twitter fight took place. While being an online and public fight I was able to pull all the information I needed to explain the events that had taken place, but also compare them to the national state of the country as in was very similar to the fights and debates that were taking place online during the 2017 election year.
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