Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Baroness Caroline Dinenage wrote letter to Rumble to demonetized Russell Brand’s account.
. A team of experts has been assembled to help shape the future of music education so that all pupils have the opportunity to sing, and be taught a musical instrument and make music with others, the government has announced today (Friday 6 August).
The new expert advisory panel will help produce a new National Plan for Music Education (NPME) next year. The plan will be informed by the music education consultation report published today, which found that studying music can have a positive impact on young people’s wellbeing, confidence and communication skills.
The panel is made up of teachers, Music Education Hub leaders, music industry representatives and other music education experts, including representatives from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, UK Music, as well as Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England (ACE), whose independent Review of Music Education in England informed the original NPME.
Letter to Rumble
Dame Caroline then wrote to Rumble, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook owner Meta asking if they would follow suit.
In her letter to Rumble chief executive Chris Pavlovski, she said: “While we recognise that Rumble is not the creator of the content published by Mr Brand, we are concerned that he may be able to profit from his content on the platform.
“We would be grateful if you could confirm whether Mr Brand is able to monetise his content, including his videos relating to the serious accusations against him. If so, we would like to know whether Rumble intends to join YouTube in suspending Mr Brand’s ability to earn money on the platform.
“We would also like to know what Rumble is doing to ensure that creators are not able to use the platform to undermine the welfare of victims of inappropriate and potentially illegal behaviour.”
Dame Caroline Dinenage, chair of the House of Commons media committee, wrote to Rumble to say she was “concerned” that he could profit from his content.
But Rumble said that was “an extremely disturbing letter” and that the company would not “join a cancel culture mob”.
Brand has strongly denied the allegations of rape and sexual assault. His most recent video was on Friday, before Channel 4, the Times and Sunday Times revealed its investigation into him. In it, he said his relationships had been “always consensual” and he was the subject of a “co-ordinated attack”.
But on Tuesday, YouTube announced it was suspending him from making money from adverts for “violating” its “creator responsibility policy”.
