YouTube also said it had suspended the monetisation of Brand's channel for 'violating our Creator Responsibility policy'.
The BBC is to review Russell Brand's time at the corporation after he was accused of rape and sexual assault.
"We've reviewed that content and made a considered decision to remove some of it, having assessed that it now falls below public expectations," a spokesperson for the BBC said. A spokesperson for the Google-owned company said:"If a creator's off-platform behaviour harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the community.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerBrand's YouTube channels - the largest of which has more than six million subscribers - remain on the platform, but his videos no longer feature adverts.
Technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker told Sky News that Brand could earn anything between $70,000 and $1m in advertising revenue each year from his YouTube videos.
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