I’ve not watched the thing itself, but between the article and the screenshot the issue seems to be how it’s presented.
It’s not that the guy is actually in danger, it’s that the content being made and the way it’s framed is at best dishonest, and at worst promotes extremely dangerous behaviour to kids (who are very much his main audience).
It’s unlikely that something with this kind of messaging would be allowed on regular TV, but because YouTube’s approach to safe programming is pretty much arbitrary it’s down to old fashioned journalism like this to flag up harmful shit like this.
I’ve not watched the thing itself, but between the article and the screenshot the issue seems to be how it’s presented.
It’s not that the guy is actually in danger, it’s that the content being made and the way it’s framed is at best dishonest, and at worst promotes extremely dangerous behaviour to kids (who are very much his main audience).
It’s unlikely that something with this kind of messaging would be allowed on regular TV, but because YouTube’s approach to safe programming is pretty much arbitrary it’s down to old fashioned journalism like this to flag up harmful shit like this.