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AMY SCHUMER FACES DEATH THREAT
Jan 09, 2024 at 11:19 AM EST
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Amy Schumer Sparks Backlash Over Her 'Movie Of The Year'
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A person on X, formerly Twitter, has threatened to murder Amy Schumer.
The person who identifies themselves as Drew Peacock started their thread at
10:43 p.m. ET by asking, "Can you euthanize a human? Asking for a friend," to
which someone replied, "sure can."
Upon receiving the confirmation, Peacock wrote "Count your days Amy Schumer,"
and "Can't wait to kill this stuck up c***," alongside a GIF of the Muppets'
Miss Piggy.
Amy Schumer arrives for the season five New York premiere of 'Inside Amy
Schumer' in New York City on October 18, 2022. A person on X said they wanted to
kill her. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty
It is not known what Peacock's grievance is with the comedian, but their posts
do go against X's rules and their posts remain on the social media site almost
12 hours since they first appeared and at the time of publication.
Newsweek contacted Schumer's representatives and X by email for comment. X's
policies state that the platform does not allow its users to "threaten, incite,
glorify, or express desire for violence or harm."
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deliver a message. As a result, we may remove or reduce the visibility of
violent speech in order to ensure the safety of our users and prevent the
normalization of violent actions."
X's policy states that for any who violates its rules, especially those around
violence, it will "immediately and permanently suspend any account that violates
this policy."
"However, for most violations, we may instead temporarily lock you out of your
account before you can Post again," the policy reads. In rare cases, we may make
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account may be permanently suspended."
The policy also reads: "We also recognize that conversations regarding certain
individuals credibly accused of severe violence may prompt outrage and
associated violent speech. In these limited cases, we may take less punitive
measures."
Schumer has faced increased scrutiny and trolling for sharing her pro-Israel
views since the surprise October 7 attacks by the military arm of Palestinian
group, Hamas, on Israel.
But X itself has come under more fire for its changed attitudes to what its
users post since billionaire Elon Musk bought the company in 2022 and took the
reins of running it in October of that same year.
At the time he said he wanted to turn the social media platform into the free
"town square of the Internet," where he loosened moderation guidelines and
reinstated the previously blocked accounts of controversial figureheads such as,
Donald Trump, Kanye West, and Jordan Peterson.
Musk said he wanted to bring free speech back to Twitter, but many data trackers
noted explosions in hate speech on the platform since his took over including
Jewish groups who told Newsweek in April 2023 that antisemitism had skyrocketed.
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