VOA慢速英语--YouTube Punishes Blogger After Video of Apparent Suicide Victim

 

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YouTube says it has punished an American blogger over a video that appeared to show the body of a suicide¹ victim.

The blogger, Logan Paul, took the video in the Aokigahara forest, near Japan’s Mount² Fuji. The area is known as a place where a number of people have taken their lives in recent years.

In the video, Paul and his friends see a man’s hanging body from a tree. They react with shock, but also make jokes.

Suicide rates in Japan are among the highest in the world. About 21,000 people there commit suicide each year, according to Japanese government estimates.

YouTube said in a statement that it has removed Logan Paul’s channels from Google Preferred, which presents top YouTube videos. The company offers those videos to advertisers.

YouTube also said it will not include Paul in the new season of a web-based series called “Foursome.” And it said his new videos are no longer being published.

Paul’s YouTube channel has more than 15 million subscribers. He has more than 4 million followers³ on Twitter. The video filmed in the Japanese forest received over 6 million views before Paul took it down.

YouTube bars violent content that is shown in a shocking or disrespectful way, the company says. It issued a “strike” against Paul’s channel for violating⁴ its community rules after the video was published.

Paul announced earlier this month he was taking a break from making YouTube videos “to reflect.” He has also published several apology videos and posts on social media.

But Paul continues to face strong criticism for the apparent⁵ suicide victim video as well as other video blogs he published during his visit to Japan.

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commit - v. to do (something that is illegal or harmful)

channel - n. a television or radio station

reflect - v. to think carefully about something

1 suicide   

n.自杀，自毁，自杀性行为

参考例句：

• The number of suicide has increased.自杀案件的数量增加了。
• The death was adjudged a suicide by sleeping pills.该死亡事件被判定为服用安眠药自杀。

2 mount   

n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备

参考例句：

• Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
• She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。

3 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

4 violating   

亵渎( violate的现在分词 )； 违反； 侵犯； 强奸

参考例句：

• Ignorance of a law does not excuse a man for violating it. 一个人不懂法律不构成犯法的理由。
• It was sued by the U.S. federal government for violating antitrust law. 它被美国联邦政府指控违反了反托拉斯法。

5 apparent   

adj.表面上的，貌似真实的，显然的，明明白白的

参考例句：

• The apparent truth was really a lie.表面上看似实话，实际上是个谎言。
• His guilt is apparent to all.他的罪恶尽人皆知。