YouTube said on Wednesday it was removing popular American vlogger Logan Paul from its Google Preferred platform and putting future projects with him on hold, after Paul posted a video on the platform of a suicide victim.

The video shows the 22-year-old discovering a body in Aokigahara, a dense woodland in Japan at the foot of the mountain known as "the Suicide Forest," in a country that has long struggled with some of the highest suicide rates in the developed world.

"In light of recent events, we have decided to remove Logan Paul’s channels from Google Preferred. Additionally, we will not feature Logan in season 4 of ‘Foursome’ and his new Originals are on hold," Alphabet Inc's YouTube, said in a statement.

Google Preferred features YouTube's most popular content in packages for sale to advertisers. Paul, 22, is one of YouTube's top content creators, regularly drawing millions of views from his mainly youth-orientated audience.

Paul also had projects in the works with YouTube's premium subscription service, YouTube Red, and appeared on the platform's web series "Foursome."