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PewDiePie is at the centre of a controversy, once again. 。
SEE ALSO:PewDiePie after Charlottesville: 'Nazi memes are not even that funny anymore'。YouTube's highest paid and most prominent personality, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, used a racial slur during a livestream video playing Battle Royale shooter 。 PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds 。PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds 。
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In the video, PewDiePie can be seen getting frustrated with another player and shouting to him: “What a fucking n-,” before immediately correcting himself: “Sorry, but what the fuck. What a fucking asshole.”Credit: pewdiepie/youtube 。 The YouTuber, whose channel has over 57 million subscribers, has a history of making racial statements. Back in February, the 。The YouTuber, whose channel has over 57 million subscribers, has a history of making racial statements. Back in February, the。
Wall Street Journal。
posted a review of several of his recent videos that included multiple anti-Semitic "jokes" and Nazi imagery.。 Disney's Maker Studios cut ties with the YouTuber while Google's YouTube dropped him from his subscription-based Red service after the racist references were put in the spotlight. 。 But PewDiePie kept making the occasional anti-Semitic reference. At one point that 。 But PewDiePie kept making the occasional anti-Semitic reference. At one point that 。 The Daily Stormer 。
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During the livestream, PewDiePie tried to defend his actions: 。 “[The other player] did a dick move, and I tried to think of the worst word,” PewDiePie said while laughing. “And I end up saying n*****.” He added: "I know that no one watching gives a shit." 。How wrong he was. 。
How wrong he was. 。
Sean Vanaman, game developer at Campo Santo, the studio behind popular game 。
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, said on Twitter he's filing DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) reports to take down all videos and streams of Kjellberg playing his company's title:
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“There is a bit of leeway you have to have with the internet when u wake up every day and make video games,” Vanaman said. “There’s also a breaking point.”
“He’s worse than a closeted racist: he’s a propagator of despicable garbage that does real damage to the culture around this industry." 。
Credit: screengrab/twitter/vanaman。
Credit: screengrab/twitter/vanaman 。
And it seems to already have had an effect. 。