Yesterday I detailed exactly why Sam Pepper is an awful human being, and why his latest video, titled “KILLING BEST FRIEND PRANK,” should rightfully be enough to get someone with authority in YouTube to question why the video-sharing site continues to support him financially (you can read that rant here).
As the day rolled on, more people started to protest against the existence of the video and, more importantly, against Pepper still being allowed to continue with his YouTube career unimpeded despite his videos depicting him sexually harassing women on the street, the numerous sexual assault and harassment cases leveled against him by female fans/his fellow YouTubers, and now this video. I also pointed out how his videos are posted without any age restrictions, meaning that children can and have been viewing his content on the site without him putting in place any measures to prevent them from doing so.
With the prank video now having attracted over 2 million views and a whopping 253,000 dislikes, even though Pepper is likely raking in the ad revenue on it right now, it seems that the vast majority of people who have watched it are asking themselves the same question: “why is YouTube supporting this guy?” But while the site continues to allow Pepper to go about his business, Anonymous have taken it upon themselves to give him an ultimatum of their own, demanding that he remove the video within 24 hours.
The hacktivist group posted the following series of messages on Twitter, stating how Pepper continues to “use violent abuse to garner subscribers”:
We’ve been notified of a sick, disturbing video uploaded by @sampepper. Yet again, he uses violent abuse to garner subscribers.
— TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonMessages) December 1, 2015
This is something that we cannot stand for. This so-called prank should bring shame to the YouTube community for supporting this imbecile.
— TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonMessages) December 1, 2015
This video must be taken down. @SamPepper you have been warned. You have 24 hours or we will unleash fucking hell on you.
— TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonMessages) December 1, 2015
At the time of this writing the video remains online. It is unclear how Anonymous will respond if this remains the case.
