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YouTube suspends star over suicide video, doesn't shut door

YouTube suspends star over suicide video, doesn't shut door
Posted at 1:06 PM, Jan 13, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-13 15:08:44-05

YouTube has suspended a star who posted video images of what appeared to be a suicide victim but says that doesn't mean it won't work with him in the future.
    
The video service announced this week 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 (KINK'-uhl) said Saturday there's no timetable for when Paul's future will be addressed again. Kyncl didn't shut YouTube's door on Paul.
    
Paul has apologized for posting video of him in a forest near Mount Fuji in Japan near what seemed to be a body hanging from a tree. YouTube says the images violated its policies.
    
Forbes magazine says the internet star earned $12.5 million last year.