MrBeast hits out at \u201cfake\u201d YouTube ads using his identity YouTube: Curiosity StreamYouTube star MrBeast is lashing out at \u201cfake\u201d ads using his likeness on YouTube, claiming that he\u2019s reached out to the platform to fix the issue with no results. Jimmy \u2018MrBeast\u2019 Donaldson is one of the biggest YouTubers in the space right now. Boasting over 96 million subscribers on his main channel alone, the influencer has become best known for big-budget projects like his viral \u2018Squid Games\u2019 recreation and his real-life rendition of Willy Wonka\u2019s fictitious chocolate factory. Considering his status as a top-tier social media star, it doesn\u2019t come as a huge surprise that he\u2019s garnered a few copycats throughout his career\u2026 but some of these imitators are less than flattering. A quick scroll through the YouTube app will occasionally show an advertisement claiming to be from MrBeast, offering a random amount of money to potential lucky winners. It seems too good to be true \u2014 and that\u2019s because it is. Although the YouTuber has created a few advertisements of his own in the past (one of which got rejected from television), these random \u201cgiveaway\u201d ads are not from him, and are a possible scam. MrBeast slams \u201cscam\u201d ads on YouTube Donaldson called out these false ads in a heated tweet on June 7, in response to a meme from Tesla CEO Elon Musk slamming YouTube\u2019s alleged inaction over \u201cscam ads.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve gotten fake ads of me giving away money at least a thousand times and feel bad for the hundreds of thousands of people that have been scammed,\u201d the YouTuber wrote. \u201cI\u2019ve been screaming at them for forever to figure this out.\u201d I\u2019ve gotten fake ads of me giving away money at least a thousand times and feel bad for the hundreds of thousands of people that have been scammed :\/ I\u2019ve been screaming at them for forever to figure this out pic.twitter.com\/sB1AAuquuK \u2014 MrBeast (@MrBeast) June 7, 2022 This isn\u2019t the first time MrBeast has pointed out a major issue on YouTube; last month, the influencer called out \u201cliteral trash\u201d accounts for using his image as their profile picture to make hurtful and harassing comments toward other YouTubers. I hate that my logo is used in this :\/ I dream of the day that the YouTube comment section isn\u2019t just literal trash \u2014 MrBeast (@MrBeast) May 9, 2022 While it\u2019s unclear if YouTube will take any action against either these commenters or the \u201cscam ads,\u201d it looks like one of the biggest personalities on the site is fed up with them \u2014 and so is Musk, who\u2019s also poised to buy Twitter in a groundbreaking purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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