The Anti-Defamation League donation was originally intended as a way to distance himself from the Christchurch shooting, the YouTuber said.
when anti-Semitic posts on his Youtube channel brought criticism from the ADL and lost him a business deal with Disney. In a statement, the ADL toldthat it has not received any direct communication from Kjellberg beyond his public posts. “ADL learned about the potential donation from Felix Kjellberg when everyone else did: when he made the announcement on his channel earlier this week.
”for harboring white nationalists, replied to Kjellberg’s video on twitter saying that donating to the ADL “wouldn’t have stopped them or anyone else from claiming you are ‘alt right’” and claimed the organization works “tirelessly to pressure Big Tech companies to silence dissent.
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