Russell Brand social media accounts disabled by Meta, Digi Mart USA News: Russell Brand’s social media accounts on platforms owned by technology company Meta have been disabled. The move follows the 51-year-old former entertainer being sentenced to 10.5 years in jail earlier this week.
Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women, relating to offences between 2004 and 2009. He is currently in prison and is expected to serve seven years of his sentence before being released on licence.
Meta owns platforms including Instagram and Facebook. On Thursday evening, a post appeared on Brand’s X account, which remains active, stating, “There was never a Russell Brand, according to @meta,” and adding, “Thank God for @elonmusk,” and “Stay tuned.” The post included what appeared to be screenshots showing Brand’s Instagram account had been disabled.
Meta’s community standards policy says it restricts or removes accounts that are “harmful to the community” in order to maintain a safe environment, which includes accounts owned by convicted sex offenders.
In 2023, following a media investigation into allegations about Brand’s behaviour, which he denies, YouTube suspended his channels from earning money from adverts for “violating” its “creator responsibility policy.” At the time, the platform said it was taking action “to protect” its users.
