YouTube vlogger draws ire for posting suicide video

Actor and YouTube celebrity Logan Paul became the target of much criticism and disappointment after he posted a video of a suicide victim in Japan. He had posted the video on his channel which received six million views before being deleted.

Paul later apologized for posting the video and being inconsiderate, but the damage had already been done and the video had been re-shared by people.

According to the details provided, Paul had shot the video in Aokigahara in Japan which is known as the ‘Japanese Suicide Forest’ because people go there to end their lives. The video showed a man who had hanged himself and his corpse was singing from a tree. The video was taken down after a firestorm of outrage had been created on Twitter over it.

Clips of the video even show Paul laughing and joking about the incident.

People whose close friends or family members had committed suicide also came forward to show their resentment over Paul’s action.

“When my brother found my sister’s body, he screamed with horror & confusion & grief & tried to save her,” actress Anna Akana tweeted.

“You do not walk into a suicide forest with a camera and claim mental health awareness,” she added.

In his apology, Paul said he had posted the video in a mistaken effort to draw attention to the problem of depression and suicide.

“It’s easy to get caught up in the moment without fully weighing the possible ramifications,” he said in the statement.

“I’m often reminded of how big a reach I truly have & with great power comes great responsibility… for the first time in my life I’m regretful to say I handled that power incorrectly. It won’t happen again.”

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