YouTuber Jake Paul is facing backlash for using an inappropriate thumbnail in his latest video
These days, thanks to YouTube, anyone can become famous. The website has provided hours of cat videos, epic fails, and vlogs since its inception. But, unfortunately, YouTube content isn’t always good, clean fun. On January 2nd, YouTuber Jake Paul was heavily criticized for using a racy thumbnail in his latest video.
The video was titled “I Lost My Virginity…” but Paul still described the video as “family friendly pg clean.” Though Paul later changed it, the original thumbnail was a picture of a woman in her underwear straddling a half-naked man in bed.
Despite the title of the video, the vlog is about Paul’s first time skiing. He jokes about the title in the video, saying that he lost his ski virginity. His YouTube channel has nearly 13 million subscribers.
Paul is known primarily for his vlogs, but he has also starred on the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark. In July, Paul’s destructive behavior in the L.A. neighborhood where he lived led to his removal from the Disney Channel show.
Paul is 20, but his viewers are much younger, so Twitter users were outraged at his use of the inappropriate thumbnail and provocative title. Even stans of the YouTuber were among those asking him to change the name of the video and the image.
Pleasee call out Jake Paul this is is his thumbnail for a video made 1 hour ago this is not suitable for 4 to 12 year olds pic.twitter.com/TutvrmrZrh
— TKL (@Cgpagse) January 2, 2018
Parent: I wonder what my children like to watch
Child: I watched a video where jake Paul lost his virginity!!
Parent:
Child:
Child: DAB ON THEM HATERS
— Venti🌸 (@Lonk_Angie) January 2, 2018
Okay @jakepaul
Change that title and thumbnail
Kids are gonna be like
"Mom how did Jake lose his virginity"
"Michael Dean angelo ii, how dare you say that in front of me"
Put something like
"Snowboarding gone wrong"— name (@00ImAlex) January 2, 2018
Others condemned Paul for his use of clickbait, requesting that he change the title and thumbnail of the video. Some even called for YouTube to intervene and either demonetize Paul’s account or remove his videos.
jake paul just posted a video and the thumbnail was him and a girl practically naked making out and the title is i lost my virginity and it’s clickbait?? anything for fame
— rachel (@okjuggy) January 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/948428004618743808
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/948320380661493761
In other news Jake Paul has done another controversial clickbait video just after Logan Paul's. More at 7:00 PM.
— Marius Urucu (@marius_rednblue) January 3, 2018
Paul’s brother, Logan, upset thousands yesterday, January 2nd, when he posted a video of a suicide victim in Japan’s “Suicide Forest.” Logan later removed the video and issued both written and filmed apologies, but he was heavily criticized.
Many linked the two brothers’ inappropriate videos, arguing that YouTube should go to greater lengths to screen content.
YouTube seriously needs to wise the fuck up and stop treating creators who have been using the platform for well over 5 years like shit and giving creators like logan & jake paul who clickbait, are insensitive and overall bellends the publicity that they don’t deserve
— shelbs (@perriesgem) January 2, 2018
false false
Youtube: yeah you can’t talk about LGBTQ+ sorry, video deleted
Logan Paul: *films a corpse*
Jake Paul: *talks/shows(??) about he lost his virginity*Youtube: great job today guys, looking forward for next video!
— elf ✨🧚 (@slyterelf) January 3, 2018
YouTube is a public platform, and content creators like the Paul brothers have a duty to make sure that the things the post meet YouTube’s content guidelines. We hope that from now on Jake and Logan will think before they post.
