A victory for women who united.
After finding herself at the center of the clash between Korean men and the Internet amid the shocking Telegram-based digital sex crimes that rocked Korea, YouTuber PPKKaThe channel has been demonetized.
PPKKa, a notorious “shrewd” YouTuber with 1.19 million followers, has been bombarded with condemnatory comments from women around the world after news of the “New Nth Room” deepfake scandal broke out in South Korea.
When PPKKa was revealed to be mocking Korean women who were speaking out about the scandal in a video, women from around the world flocked to the comments section, criticizing the YouTuber for being toxic and reporting the video and channel for violating YouTube guidelines.
A popular YouTuber’s channel has turned into a battleground between the Internet and Korean men during the Deepfake chat room scandal
Later, on August 30, 2024 (KST), a YouTube representative reported that PPKKa’s channel had been demonetized. The representative also mentioned that the recent Telegram-based digital sex crime video had been deleted. From now on, PPKKa’s channel no longer has the donation feature or the option to view subscribers’ videos. Advertisements have also become unavailable.
Hello. Thank you for reporting an inappropriate video. The video you reported on August 26, 2024 has been deleted or restricted by YouTube.
— From YouTube
YouTube representative said: “YouTube’s community guidelines include clear policies against harassment and cyberbullying, prohibiting content that exposes specific individuals to physical harm based on social or political contexts. Based on these policies, we carefully reviewed and removed the videos from the ‘PPKKa’ channel.”
In accordance with the Creator Responsibility Guidelines, which explain actions that can be taken if a creator’s behavior, on or off the platform, harms the YouTube community, we have suspended the PPKKa channel from the YouTube Partner Program. As a result, the channel cannot generate revenue on YouTube.
— YouTube Korea
Those who denounced PPKKa are celebrating victory.
- “Well.”
- “I’ve reported him several times in the past. Thank goodness it worked this time. I hope his channel gets shut down too.”
- “Good work everyone!”
- “It sucks that it took so long to demonetize it, but it’s still cool!”
- “Hurray, haha.”
- “Cute.”
- “I believe he has a separate donation site. I hope that gets taken down too.”
- “It should have happened when he was involved in the Jammi case.”
- “You deserve it. LOL.”
- “Oh, hell yeah. Haha.”
- “Well!”
PPKKa isn’t the first “ruinous” YouTuber to be “cancelled” for problematic content. Snailsuspected of having threatened and blackmailed mukbang content creator TzuyangIt was carefully examined and eventually left the platform on its own.
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