#WSJKillsKids Controversy
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About
#WSJKillsKids is an ongoing event in which Twitter users are tweeting the hashtag #WSJKillsKids after Wall Street Journal forced Youtube to refund donations from Youtuber, Ethan Ralph, which were being donated to ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital, due to the megachat being filled with "hate" and "racism".
Origin
On November 2nd, 2018, Youtuber, Ethan Ralph, started streaming on Youtube with the stream consisted of controversial subjects and topics. During the same day, Joree Koh, writer for Wall Street Journal, wanted to write an article on how "right-wingers" are using Youtube's megachat to spread "racism" and "violence"
Spread
Upon finding out, Ethan Ralph made a tweet about the situation (link below)
After the tweet with the hashtag became popular with 5,038 tweets and 8,171 likes, Twitter users started tweeting the hashtag #WSJKillKids to discredit and shame Wall Street Journal with some asking Keemstar and Pewdiepie to respond to the situation. Joree Koh privated her twitter after Ethan Ralph tweeted about the situation and presumably due to being flamed on. The hashtag currently has 1,380 tweets
Keemstar's Response
Youtuber, Keemstar, created two tweets about the whole event, defending Ethan Ralph while criticizing Youtube's decision and the WSJ's writer for forcing Youtube to refund the donations. (link below)
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