phillaholicAug 16, 2023

What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company to hire an outside investigator.

https://lemm.ee/post/4468758

What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company to hire an outside investigator. - lemm.ee

Linus Media Group CEO Terren Tong also responded via email, saying he was “shocked at the allegations and the company described” in Reeve’s posts. He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”

Show threadMetal ZealotAug 16, 2023
Linus’ fan base drove a little boy to suicide, and the mother subsequently took her own life as well.
"You build your empire destroying lives of others": LTT fanbase's harassment allegedly forcing suicide explains Madison Suop's silence till now

Amidst ethical concerns and facing scrutiny from Gamers Nexus and the wider community, Linus Media Group was recently criticized by former employee Madison Suop.

Show threadmihntAug 16, 2023

I remember the video that this stems from. He wasn't exactly a "little boy", and I don't mean by size. I mean that he was near or at adulthood.

Linus gave up the plaque to him realizing that he had won the auction fair and square and even plugged his channel on the video.

We don't know how much Linus knew about his community doing this. Scouring the comments of Mindchop's channel shows no harassment that I can see so far. However, I do admit the harassment could have taken place through DMs and other private communication.

Show threadOsrsNeedsF2PAug 16, 2023

Mindchop’s channel shows no harassment that I can see so far.

Even now his most recent video is 10:1 dislike to like ratio:

Show threadmihnt
I meant verbal harassment. Votes can be from anywhere.
Aug 16, 2023 at 9:15pmWeb