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(JTA) — The popular video blogger PewDiePie announced a donation of $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, then rescinded it a day later after fan feedback. PewDiePie, whose name is Felix Kjellberg of Sweden, made the announcement of the donation on Wednesday during an online celebration of surpassing 100 million subscribers, saying he wanted to get past…
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, said the ten or so righteous people on the internet this week, when YouTube celebrity PewDiePie released a lifestream over the weekend of himself screaming the n-word at a video game opponent. PewDiePie, alias Felix Kjellberg, has the most subscribers of any YouTube user (which is…
Instinctual fear jolted through me when, while waiting at a Chicago bus stop, I happened to glance at the elementary school and find a trio of kids staring back, giving a Nazi salute. They were only 6 or 7 years old, so after the initial dread passed I realized that there was no way they…
(JTA) — Disney has severed its relationship with a popular YouTube star after millions of people viewed his videos featuring anti-Semitic content. In a Jan. 11 video, 27-year-old Swedish citizen Felix Kjellberg, known as PewDiePie, covers his mouth and watches as two South Asian men dressed in green loincloths hold a sign reading “Death To…
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