Soph, who admitted she had written the comments, also wrote that she hoped for a 'Hitler for Muslims' to 'gas them all'. 'Please kill Muslims,' she wrote in the rant, calling it a 'service to society'. Last month it was revealed that Soph had called for the 'mass genocide of Muslims' on the gaming chat app Discord. I'm coming for you, and it ain't gonna be pretty.' You've got about seven minutes to draft up a will. Why should I care if you live or your children? I just called an Uber. 'I've got a Luger and a mitochondrial disease. 'Susan, I've known your address since last summer,' Soph said in the video. Last summer, another of her videos was banned after she threatened YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki over the platform shutting down comments on her videos. She says she writes her scripts with a collaborator, and edits and scores her videos herself.
Soph got her start on YouTube not in politics, but as a nine-year-old video game streamer under the monicker 'LtCorbis'. (Which in this case is biting social commentary and funnier than anything on network TV)' wrote right-wing talk show host Dave Rubin on Twitter. 'There are adult “journalists” who hunt down kids on YouTube to report for wrong thing. Soph, whose channel grew about 10 per cent to 880,000 followers in the day after the Buzzfeed article, responded in a tweet directed at the author, Joseph Bernstein.Ĭonservative commentators responded to the Buzzfeed article and the subsequent ban of the 'Be Not Afraid' video by accusing journalists of targeting the teen and attempting to get her banned. Responsibility remains our number one priority and we continue to invest heavily in our teams, technology and processes to protect the platform.'Īccording to YouTube, Soph's channel had been reviewed and while two videos were removed, the company found that the vast majority of her videos did not violate their policies. 'We enforce our policies rigorously and last quarter alone, removed more than 8 million videos. This may include content that some find offensive. The author goes on to criticize YouTube for allowing Soph's controversial videos, which the teen has defended as being comedic.Ī YouTube spokesperson said in a statement to : 'YouTube is an open platform where anyone may post videos as long as they comply with our Community Guidelines. It points out instances in which the teen's 'comedy' videos seem to veer into racism or anti-gay sentiments.
The Buzzfeed article described Soph as 'a cherubic white girl mocking Islamic dress while lecturing her hundreds of thousands of followers about Muslim 'rape gangs,' social justice 'homos,' and the evils wrought by George Soros.'