MrBeast: Inside the scandal facing King of YouTube

In July, the 26-year-old American said he had hired investigators after his former co-host Ava Kris Tyson was accused of grooming a teenager. Later, further allegations about business practices surfaced on an anonymous YouTube channel, claiming to be a former employee. Some of his philanthropic efforts – such as building wells in Africa, and paying for surgery for people with reduced sight and hearing – have drawn criticisms around exploitation. “Deaf people like me deserve better than MrBeast’s latest piece of inspiration porn,” one person told the Independent last year, external. The day before the lawsuit emerged on Wednesday, he revealed a team-up with fellow famous faces KSI and Logan Paul – a new food line designed to challenge Lunchables. And as I wrote in an article about his meteoric rise last year, he has made his millions through hard work. His videos are big budget experiences, with his most popular – viewed 652 million times – recreating the Netflix hit Squid Game in real life, external with a $456,000 (£342,000) prize. Most of his philanthropy is less controversial – including giving away houses, cash and cars – which has worked to create an image of him being one of the internet’s good guys. According to stats-checker Socialblade, external, MrBeast picked up an extra five million subscribers in the last 30 days alone. That’s just one metric – we can’t tell how many people unsubscribed from his channel, for example. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgn8d04kdko