--- title: YouTube Punishes Logan Paul for Suicide Forest Video description: YouTube has officially dropped Logan Paul as a preferred ad partner and begun removing him from projects following his "Suicide Forest" video. canonical: https://time.com/5098737/youtube-punishes-logan-paul-suicide-forest-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-11T16:00:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:42.120Z og:title: How YouTube Is Starting to Cut Ties With Logan Paul og:description: "Suicide is not a joke, nor should it ever be a driving force for views" og:url: https://time.com/5098737/youtube-punishes-logan-paul-suicide-forest-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddff6413bcc110f9/6988f7ec22fb858fd0e24599/logan-paul-fired.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Logan-Paul-Youtube-Fired og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How YouTube Is Starting to Cut Ties With Logan Paul twitter:description: "Suicide is not a joke, nor should it ever be a driving force for views" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddff6413bcc110f9/6988f7ec22fb858fd0e24599/logan-paul-fired.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How YouTube Is Starting to Cut Ties With Logan Paul Following 'Suicide Forest' Video  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 11, 2018 4:00 PM CUT  Logan Paul attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Logan Paul attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Tara Ziemba/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 11, 2018 4:00 PM CUT [YouTube](http://time.com/5096391/youtube-paul-logan-suicide-video/ "undefined") has officially dropped [Logan Paul](http://fortune.com/2018/01/10/youtube-logan-paul-punishment/ "undefined") as a preferred ad partner and begun removing him from projects in the wake of the controversy surrounding his [“Suicide Forest” video](http://time.com/5085509/logan-paul-suicide-forest-video-apology/ "undefined"). The 22-year-old vlogger [came under fire](http://time.com/5083807/logan-paul-youtube-suicide-video/ "undefined") in early January for posting a YouTube video of himself allegedly discovering a dead body in Japan’s Aokigahara forest, which is known as a common suicide site. After tweeting a [statement](https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/950847377816113153 "undefined") denouncing Paul’s actions on Tuesday, YouTube said on Wednesday that it has decided to remove Paul’s channels from Google Preferred — a service that gives content creators access to top-tier advertising revenue — as well as suspend production on a YouTube original movie he was slated to appear in and pull him from season 4 of the YouTube Red series “Foursome.” “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 [wrote](https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/950847377816113153 "undefined") on Twitter. “We expect more of the creators who build their community on [@YouTube](https://twitter.com/YouTube "undefined"), as we’re sure you do too. The channel violated our community guidelines, we acted accordingly, and we are looking at further consequences.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5098737/youtube-punishes-logan-paul-suicide-forest-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5098737/youtube-punishes-logan-paul-suicide-forest-video/"},"headline":"Here's How YouTube Is Starting to Cut Ties With Logan Paul Following 'Suicide Forest' Video","datePublished":"2018-01-11T16:00:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:42.120Z","description":"\"Suicide is not a joke, nor should it ever be a driving force for views\"","url":"https://time.com/5098737/youtube-punishes-logan-paul-suicide-forest-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","celebrities","YouTube"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddff6413bcc110f9/6988f7ec22fb858fd0e24599/logan-paul-fired.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddff6413bcc110f9/6988f7ec22fb858fd0e24599/logan-paul-fired.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Logan-Paul-Youtube-Fired","caption":"Logan Paul attends the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.","creditText":"Tara Ziemba/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5098737/youtube-punishes-logan-paul-suicide-forest-video/","name":"Here's How YouTube Is Starting to Cut Ties With Logan Paul Following 'Suicide Forest' Video"}}]}] ```