YouTube Denounces Logan Paul Video, Says They're Looking Into 'Further Consequences'

"Like many others, we were upset by the video that was shared last week."

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LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 08: Logan Paul is seen on August 08, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

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A few days after it was initially posted, YouTube is commenting on the controversial video that Logan Paul uploaded showing the corpse of a man in Japan's "suicide forest." YouTube did this via an "open letter" that was five tweets long and acknowledged the gap since the video was posted, while also stating that they were looking into "further consequences."

An open letter to our community:

Many of you have been frustrated with our lack of communication recently. You’re right to be. You deserve to know what's going on.

— YouTube (@YouTube) January 9, 2018

Like many others, we were upset by the video that was shared last week.

— YouTube (@YouTube) January 9, 2018

Suicide is not a joke, nor should it ever be a driving force for views. As Anna Akana put it perfectly: "That body was a person someone loved. You do not walk into a suicide forest with a camera and claim mental health awareness."

— YouTube (@YouTube) January 9, 2018

We expect more of the creators who build their community on @YouTube, as we’re sure you do too. The channel violated our community guidelines, we acted accordingly, and we are looking at further consequences.

— YouTube (@YouTube) January 9, 2018

It’s taken us a long time to respond, but we’ve been listening to everything you’ve been saying. We know that the actions of one creator can affect the entire community, so we’ll have more to share soon on steps we’re taking to ensure a video like this is never circulated again.

— YouTube (@YouTube) January 9, 2018

Paul, who has over 15 million subscribers to his channel, has not posted anything in the days since he stated that he was taking time to reflect.

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