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Revision as of 23:56, 8 June 2017
DaddyOFive is a channel on the video platform YouTube, with around 795,000 Subscribers that focuses on daily vlogging and prank videos, which has been seen as extreme in nature[1]. The channel was created on 13th August 2015[2], had achieved great success, however since has had all videos removed, and has stopped producing videos, following claims that the parents were abusing their children in the prank videos[3].
Initially the channel had been created by the family, in order to share what they thought was their crazy lives[2]. The channel focused on the Mike Martin, his wife Heather and their five children[3], and the channel's success was mainly accredited to the pranks on family members, the pranks ranged from smashing the children's games consoles to putting the children up for adoption[4], the channel success from these videos reached around 750,000 Subscribers and 176 Million video views[3].
However the family became the center of abuse claims following these prank videos which became gradually more extreme, with YouTube personality Phillip Defranco producing a series of videos sharing his distaste in the content they created[3], where he focuses on a video involving ink being spilled, and one of the families children being accused of making the mess[1]. Since then it has been reported that two of the children have been removed from the parents custody following the prank videos[5], and the creators have also issued a public apology for the videos, and state they are "...a loving, close-knit family" [1].
References:
- ^ a b c "YouTube pranksters Daddyofive deny child abuse claims - BBC Newsbeat". BBC Newsbeat. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ^ a b "DaddyOFive". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ^ a b c d Cresci, Elena (2017-05-07). "Mean stream: how YouTube prank channel DaddyOFive enraged the internet". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ^ "Mom who won custody of 'abused' DaddyoFive children speaks out". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ^ "Youtube family who pulled controversial pranks on children lose custody". The Independent. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-06-07.