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Associated Press

YouTube has suspended a star who posted video images of what appeared to be a suicide victim but said that doesn’t mean it won’t work with him in the future.
The video service announced last week that it had pulled Logan Paul’s channel from its ad-supported Google Preferred platform and put two other projects on hold.
YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl said Saturday there’s no timetable for when Paul’s future will be addressed again.
Kyncl didn’t shut YouTube’s door on Paul.
“Everything is evolving so fast,” Kyncl said.
“The best thing we can do is put all projects on hold indefinitely, and there’s no date or plan for him in the future.”


Paul apologised for posting video of him in a forest near Mount Fuji in Japan near what seemed to be a body hanging from a tree. The location is known in Japan as a frequent site for suicides.
YouTube said the images violated its policies. Paul pulled the images from his channel on his own.
YouTube was criticised for moving slowly in response, taking nearly two weeks to take action. YouTube said on Twitter that critics were right to be frustrated by its initial lack of response.
Kyncl said Paul recognised that he has made serious missteps and has expressed remorse for them.
“The most important thing to focus on is that actions speak louder than words and Logan has the opportunity to prove that,” he said.
Removing Paul’s work from the Google Preferred platform cuts off a significant route to advertising revenue through YouTube.
YouTube also said it would not feature Paul in the fourth season of its series Foursome and would put other work on hold.
Paul is one of the platform’s biggest stars, with Forbes magazine estimating he earned US$12.5 million last year.
YouTube said it would soon announce steps to protect advertisers from having their products connected to controversial material.


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YouTube suspends US blogger Logan Paul over Japan suicide video

A sceengrab from a video posted and later deleted from YouTube shows Logan Paul discovering the body. Photo: YouTube

Anger in Japan as American YouTube star Logan Paul makes second apology for posting hanging video from notorious ‘suicide forest’

Social media users in Japan objected to Logan Paul’s appearance in a novelty hat, while outtakes showing the US internet celebrity laughing and joking about the incident also stirred anger. Photo: YouTube

The shoes of what appear to be a woman, man and children lie at the base of a tree in Aokigahara Jukai, better known as the Mt. Fuji suicide forest, which is located at the base of Japan's famed mountain west of Tokyo, Japan.

Actor Logan Paul arrives at the 2017 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S. August 13, 2017. Picture taken August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

American blogger Logan Paul apologises after posting YouTube video showing body hanging in Japan ‘suicide forest’

American blogger Logan Paul has apologised after getting slammed for a video he shared on YouTube that appeared to show a body hanging in a Japanese forest known as a suicide spot. Photo: YouTube

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Paul posted a 15-minute video from Japan’s Aokigahara forest, where he came across the body of a young man who appeared to have hanged himself from a tree
