Title: YouTube Removes Onision From Partner Program After Abuse Accusations
Headings: YouTube suspended Onision from monetizing his videos after the creator was accused of grooming and abuse in a new documentary
YouTube suspended Onision from monetizing his videos after the creator was accused of grooming and abuse in a new documentary
Lindsay Dodgson
Onision has been YouTube's most controversial creator for over a decade.
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Content: Among the other accusations is that Jackson groomed a girl named Sarah, whom he and his spouse, Kai Avaroe, befriended when she was 14. Another woman also described disturbing punishments such as being chained in a basement for a week and being commanded to get a tattoo reading "I'm a liar." Read more: One of YouTube's most controversial creators admitted to having sex with an 18-year-old who accused him of 'grooming' her
The documentary has undoubtedly brought more attention to Jackson's story, but it has also received much criticism from the YouTube community. The show depicts Chris Hansen — who has taken a particular interest in Jackson as a sort of continuation of his "To Catch A Predator" series — as a hero, even though he may have hindered police investigations into the matters. For instance, at one point Sarah tweeted that she had sent Hansen's former "web producer" a laptop that contained evidence about her relationship with Jackson and Avaroe but that it was never passed on to the FBI. —John Weasel 🦢 (@JohnSwanYT) January 20, 2021
YouTube does tend to wait for significant public off-platform backlash before taking action on complicated cases, such as when it removed Shane Dawson's monetization amid criticism of his resurfaced problematic content, including jokes about the sexualization of animals and children as well as racist blackface sketches. One of Jackson's fiercest critics, Daniel Sulzbach, better known as the YouTuber Repzion, said he declined to take part in the documentary over concerns that survivors didn't give consent for their stories to be told on television. He tweeted Tuesday night that he thought YouTube's decision was a result of the documentary's publicity. "Oh my god, Onision just got kicked off the YouTube partnership program for monetization (way ppl make money)," he said. "