Conspiracy theorist vlogger arraigned for death threats to YouTube employees
Last week, the FBI arrested William Gregory Douglas, 35, outside of an Oregon convenience store after he threatened to kill YouTube employees, including its CEO, Susan Wojcicki. Douglas was arraigned Monday and made his first appearance in court, AP reported yesterday. He’s being charged with cyberstalking and transmitting threats in interstate commerce.
Douglas — an ardent believer in Pizzagate, among other right-wing conspiracy theories — tweeted a number of death threats against YouTube and its employees, beginning August 23rd, after his channel was deleted by the site’s administrators. (It’s unclear why the first channel was removed, though a new channel, which Douglas created in January and which TubeFilter reports has apparently...