Don't expect YouTube to boot Logan anytime soon

In this Aug. 13, 2017, file photo, Logan Paul introduces a performance by Kyle & Lil Yachty and Rita Ora at the Teen Choice Awards at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. YouTube says it has removed blogger Logan Paul's channels from Google Preferred and will not feature him in the new season of "Foursome." Paul's new video blogs also are on hold after he shared a video on YouTube that appeared to show a body hanging in a Japanese forest that is said to be a suicide spot.
In this Aug. 13, 2017, file photo, Logan Paul introduces a performance by Kyle & Lil Yachty and Rita Ora at the Teen Choice Awards at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. YouTube says it has removed blogger Logan Paul's channels from Google Preferred and will not feature him in the new season of "Foursome." Paul's new video blogs also are on hold after he shared a video on YouTube that appeared to show a body hanging in a Japanese forest that is said to be a suicide spot.

Logan Paul might still have a long way to go before he's kicked off YouTube for good.

The polarizing video blogger has spent recent weeks at the center of controversy over a pair of troublesome videos he posted to his page, including one featuring the body of a suicide victim.

Yet his YouTube account remains active, and the video-sharing company's CEO Susan Wojcicki says Paul hasn't violated the company's three-strikes-and-you're-out policy.

"He hasn't done anything that would cause those three strikes," she said at a media conference hosted by Recode.

History shows YouTube has typically been stingy about completely banning an account due to controversial behavior, and instead often opts to demonetize a page as a form of punishment.

Some accounts have been banned for displaying horrific content or behavior in their videos. Among the offenses that have led a YouTuber to be permanently deactivated include the mistreatment of animals or children, as well as hateful rhetoric or activities.

One of the most high-profile examples of a YouTuber getting banned occurred last November, when the account "Toy Freaks" was taken down for what the company vaguely characterized as a "violation of our policies."

The account's videos centered on a single father, Gregory Chism, and his two daughters-both under 10 years old-in creepy and often disturbing scenarios. The videos included scenes in which one or both girls ate baby food, pretended to be infants, spit up something they ate or were left in pain.

At the time, Chism said YouTube had told him his videos were garnering viewership from people who didn't have the "best interests" of children in mind, according to Variety.

Paul, 22, first sparked controversy at the end of 2017 when he shared footage of what appeared to be the body of a man who'd hung himself in Japan's Aokigahara forest.

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