Article 2CN25 YouTube follows Disney in severing ties with PewDiePie over antisemitic videos

YouTube follows Disney in severing ties with PewDiePie over antisemitic videos

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#2CN25)

Video site cancels reality series Scare PewDiePie and vlogger's membership of premium advertising programme, but won't shut down his channel

YouTube is cutting its ties with star video-maker PewDiePieafter criticism of his use of Nazi imagery and antisemitism as props for shock humour.

The video site has cancelled the second season of PewDiePie's reality show, Scare PewDiePie, and removed his channel from a premium advertising programme following the revelations.

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