By Ajibola Aminu
YouTube has removed popular American singer, R. Kelly’s channels after singer’s sex offence conviction.
YouTube has permanently suspended two channels of the popular RnB singer, who was found guilty of sex offences last week.
The platform will not allow him to create any new channels in future.
However, YouTube has not banned Kelly’s music. The internet video giant will continue to offer the singer’s music catalogue on YouTube Music.
On Tuesday, YouTube removed the two channels RKellyTV (which had 3.5 million subscribers) and RKellyVevo (which had about 1.6 million subscribers) citing a violation of its terms of service, Variety report.
The YouTube channels currently display an error message that says, “This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated,” when accessed.
“Egregious actions committed by R. Kelly warrant penalties beyond standard enforcement measures due to a potential to cause widespread harm,” YouTube VP of legal Nicole Alston wrote in a memo, as reported by Bloomberg. “Ultimately we are taking this action to protect our users similar to other platforms.”
Kelly’s official accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have also recently been disabled.
