Article PBBN YouTube urged to remove KSI videos for ‘trivialisation of rape’

YouTube urged to remove KSI videos for ‘trivialisation of rape’

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Mark Townsend
from Technology | The Guardian on (#PBBN)
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One of YouTube's biggest stars has been accused of trivialising rape amid pressure for firms to distance themselves from the online sensation.

Olajide Olatunji, better known as KSI, whose YouTube channel has more than 10.2m subscribers, has been criticised by a coalition of women's groups for denigrating victims of sexual violence and propagating misogynistic views of women by calling them "sluts".

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