owner and director of the channel
sevenawesomekids ian rile 'it was
arrested this summer for allegedly
molesting one of the stars of
sevenawesomekids
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awesomeness of youtube there are a few
bad eggs that sour its reputation like
Ian Ryland the owner of sevenawesomekids
a popular tween channel with 2.6 million
subscribers sevenawesomekids follows the
life of seven tweens they post
everything from DIYs to vlogs none of
the content that this channel post is
inappropriate but all of the cast
members are girls between the ages of 8
to 18 there are 20 of them in total Ian
Riley runs this channel as well as
several others accumulated all of the
affiliated channels have a combined
subscriber count of 17 million its most
popular channel sevensupergirls has more
than 9 million subscribers and 5 billion
views Ian Ryland was arrested in August
for the alleged molestation of a girl
who made videos for his brand according
to the police report rila allegedly made
one of the 16 year old stars undress in
front of him to practice wrapping her
breasts so that they don't look as big
on camera this underage girl said the
Ian Riley verbally abused her fondled
her breasts and tried to take off her
underwear and to make matters worse Ian
Riley told her that if she didn't do
what he said he would use her contract
with sevenawesomekids to find her this
is a classic case of a person in a
position of power using his influence to
manipulate and use those who are
vulnerable when BuzzFeed interviewed the
girls from sevenawesomekids none of them
said that Ian Ryland physically
assaulted them
or sexually assaulted them but they did
say that his behavior was often awkward
and it made them uncomfortable
the girls were kept anonymous for their
protection but they said that he would
accompany them on group trips and they
would often make jokes about him being
creepy Ian would tell the girls to wear
smaller swimsuits on camera and would
also make jokes about possible wardrobe
malfunctions one of the girls said that
Ian Ryland would constantly pressure her
to make herself look younger I mean I
don't mean to draw conclusions this
isn't the first time that this network
has been called into question three of
the stars previously quit
after a Tosh segment where Daniel Tosh
said that the channel was a popular
channel for pedophiles is it at all
possible that Ian Ryland knew that and
he purposefully tried to make the girls
look younger I don't know but I don't
understand why the stars of
sevenawesomekids were pressured to look
younger kids grow up its life and fans
of the channel also grow up I don't see
why it's necessary for them to tape down
their breasts don't you think it's more
relatable for the stars to grow up with
their audience
apparently Ian rila didn't think so an
actor told BuzzFeed news that some of
the girls started to get the feeling
that they were being groomed for some
darker audience after r eyelet was
arrested his channels were demonetized
by YouTube that being said the videos
haven't been taken down according to a
YouTube spokesperson who commented on
the case we take safety on YouTube very
seriously we work closely with leading
child safety organizations and others in
our industry to protect young people
when we were made aware of serious
allegations of this nature we take
action which may include suspending
monetization or terminating the channel
it's a possibility that sevenawesomekids
will be shut down if Ian's rila is
convicted or enters a guilty plea that
might not be enough to protect these
children on YouTube though a huge chunk
of the people who watch youtube videos
are children they generate a ton of
revenue a lot of the most popular
youtubers that these children watch are
also children yeah YouTube might do
something and step in once the damage
has been done but it should also be up
to YouTube to prevent these kinds of
things from happening in the first place
according to one of the former
sevenawesomekids actors in all her years
of filming for the channels there was
never any conversation with YouTube
there was no kid rep support that they
know of no number to call to report
things to they were on their own
it doesn't seem like much to ask to have
some sort of hotline or department at
YouTube where kids can seek help
considering how much money child hosts
and actors make for this platform it's
not a huge deal
by the way when YouTube's demonetised as
a channel that means that the channel
itself isn't making money but YouTube is
still making money off the videos just
gonna let that sink in for a second Ian
Reilly pleaded not guilty his trial is
later this year at this time YouTube
hasn't even contacted any of the
performers of sevenawesomekids about
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