YouTube is taking action against vlogger James Charles.
The streaming platform confirmed that Charles was temporarily blocked from participating in the partner platform, a service that allows content creators to collect advertising dollars directly, according to the “creator’s responsibility policy” of the site, according to an Insider report.
The rule states that YouTubers can be penalized for “participating in abuse or violence, demonstrating cruelty or engaging in fraudulent / deceptive behavior that leads to harm in the real world.”
Earlier, it was alleged that Charles, 21, used his status on the site to lure and “take care” of minors, including two 16-year-old boys who say they had direct messages with the makeup artist, who they were sexual in nature.
On April 1, Charles admitted his role in the controversy, in my guilt issued through the YouTuber channel, entitled “Answering me”. The video also sees Charles claim that the two teenagers in question led him to believe that they were 18 years old; Insider, meanwhile, learned that at least one of his accusers has since denied ever making such a claim.
Charles struggled to deflect the controversy of 2019, when former “mentor” and beauty vlogger Tati Westbrook publicly condemned Charles in a video entitled “Bye Sister”, in which, among other accusations, she revealed suspicions that her ex-boyfriend he tried to sexually coerce “righteous” men, some of whom “emerged in adulthood.”
Westbrook’s statements led to Charles’ first apology.
“I’ve had a hard time learning about the ways I can interact with the guys I’m interested in and the ones I should or shouldn’t talk to,” he said at the time. The couple later repaired after Westbrook claimed that YouTuber colleagues Shane Dawson and Jeffree Starr had deceived her into creating beliefs against Charles.
Despite Charles’ long history of saying “sorry,” his latest statement indicates that he intends to fight many of the new charges against him.
His representatives did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
“Responsibility is something we’ve talked about many times in the past,” he wrote on April 16.
“Many other people have presented a series of misleading stories and false accusations about which many people, creators and news have been reported,” he continued. “My legal team has started taking action against those who spread misinformation and / or created completely false stories, because this has gone too far.”
Charles is now joining YouTube colleague David Dobrik, whose channel was demonetized following allegations of sexual misconduct last month.