SSSniperwolf Doxxing Jacksfilms Controversy

Overview

SSSniperwolf Doxxing Jacksfilms Controversy refers to YouTuber SSSniperwolf allegedly doxxing fellow YouTuber Jacksfilms by coming to his house in California and posting a video of the outside of his house to her Instagram Story. The two creators began feuding in June 2023 due to Jacksfilms' criticism of SSSniperwolf's "unoriginal" react-style content, with tensions escalating after Jacksfilms began a campaign to get YouTube to deprioritize SSSniperwolf's content. SSSniperwolf denied the accusations of doxxing, saying that she only came to Jack's house to talk with him in person. Following her posts in mid-October 2023 surrounding the incident, numerous fellow content creators and users began discussing the controversy, with many finding SSSniperwolf's actions problematic and some calling for YouTube to deplatform her.

Background

On October 14th, 2023, YouTuber and content creator SSSniperwolf took to her Instagram^[1] Story to post a series of images outside fellow YouTuber Jacksfilms' house. The posts included a poll asking her audience of over 5 million followers if she should visit Jack's home, with a post showing the outside of his house. The photo of Jack's house was reportedly deleted soon after it was uploaded (seen below).

Jacksfilms purportedly learned that SSSniperwolf had visited his home and posted a photo of it while livestreaming, with a clip of his reaction being posted by X user @CommentCopped^[7] on October 14th (seen below).

Shortly after, Jacksfilms then took to his X^[2] profile to criticize SSSniperwolf for doxxing his home to her followers, calling her a stalker and calling on YouTube to deplatform her for violating the site's TOS.^[13] The post gathered over 240,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). Also on October 14th, Jacksfilms reposted^[3] SSSniperwolf's post alleging that her visit to his home was a result of his harassment campaign against her, gathering over 125,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

Developments

On October 14th, 2023, Jacksfilms reposted^[4] another SSSniperwolf Instagram Story in which she scrolls through Jackfilm's videos parodying and criticizing her content. The post gathered over 99,000 likes in a day (seen below).

Also on October 14th, Jacksfilms' wife Erin made a post^[5] discussing SSSniperwolf's decision to come to their home and post a picture of it to her Instagram, tagging YouTube's X account and saying that the event makes her worried about her family's safety. The post gathered over 97,000 likes (seen below, left) and received a reply from YouTube's official X^[6] account (seen below, right).

On October 15th, SSSniperwolf posted a photo to her Instagram^[1] Story with a caption that read, "We show up to your house wyd??" The post was screenshotted and spread online, with some criticizing her for perceivably referencing the doxxing controversy for a thirst trap. ^[14]

On October 15th, 2023, Jacksfilms^[12] posted a video to his YouTube titled, "Sssniperwolf came to our home last night. It's time for YouTube to step in." The post gathered over 10 million plays in a day (seen below).

Old SSSniperwolf Videos Resurface

As the drama surrounding SSSniperwolf and Jacksfilms continued, people began resurfacing clips from old, problematic SSSniperwolf videos online. On October 16th, 2023, X^[17] user @DramaAlert posted a clip of SSSniperwolf asking young boys on Omegle to twerk in exchange for flashing her breasts, garnering over 7,200 likes in four days. On October 18th, X^[18] user @TheRealSullyG posted another Omegle clip where she seemingly gets an underage girl to flash her breasts for her, garnering over 38,800 likes in two days.

Later that day, X^[19] user @TheRealSullyG posted a screenshot of a Discord bot that tracks if SSSniperwolf deletes videos, using this as evidence that she is deleting old, problematic videos as they go viral, garnering over 33,000 likes in two days (shown below).

YouTube's Response, Temporary Suspension, SSSniperwolf's Apology

On October 20th, 2023, the official @TeamYouTube X^[20] account posted a comment under one of JacksFilms' posts confirming that they have temporarily demonetized SSSniperwolf's channel, writing, "Off platform actions that put others’ personal safety at risk harm our community & the behavior on both sides isn’t what we want on YT. Hoping everyone helps move this convo to a better place," garnering over 4,300 likes in under a day (shown below).

Shortly after YouTube's response, SSSniperwolf posted an apology statement to X^[21] where she apologizes for doxxing Jacksfilms and thanks YouTube for holding her accountable (shown below). The apology gained over 2,200 likes in under a day (shown below).

Reactions to YouTube's Response, SSSniperwolf's Apology

YouTube's statement was criticized by many in the creator community and online in general. Some criticized YouTube for refusing to deplatform SSSniperwolf entirely for doxxing and for failing to address the videos of her acting inappropriately towards minors. Responders also took issue with the phrase "behavior on both sides," which seems to suggest that Jacksfilms was also wrong in the situation for criticizing SSSniperwolf's failure to credit creators and making a channel dedicated to calling her out for it. Notable content creators including JackSepticEye, Ricky Berwick and Donal Dark responded to the post with criticism (shown below).

SSSniperwolf's apology also inspired some criticism, with some believing it to be written by an AI program like ChatGPT (examples shown below, left). However, when run through AI writing detection programs like GPTZero and Writer.com, the apology is shown to be authentically written by a human (shown below, right). The reliability of these analysis programs is unclear.

Online Reactions

On October 14th, 2023, X^[8] user @Zhir_Vengersky posted a meme about the illegality of SSSniperwolf's actions, gathering over 40,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). Also on October 14th, X^[9] user @OrdinaryGamers posted a screenshot from SSSniperwolf's own YouTube where she posted videos about being stalked. The post gathered over 85,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

On October 14th, X^[10] user @ReturnOfAugust made a post joking about SSSniperwolf doxxing Jacksfilms, gathering over 20,000 likes in a day (seen below).

On October 14th, X^[11] user @VixelFoxx posted a meme video featuring a clip from the Captain Underpants movie, where an IP address and other personal details flash across the screen in tandem with a beat drop (seen below). The post gathered over 30,000 likes in a day.

Numerous YouTubers and other content creators also weighed in on the controversy following the viral doxxing moment. For example, on October 14th, 2023, Cr1tikal uploaded a video titled "SSSniperWolf Situation is Crazy" that received over 6.3 million views in roughly 48 hours (seen below, left). On October 15th, Atozy uploaded a video titled "Sssniperwolf Just Lost Her Mind" that received over 588,000 views in 20 hours (seen below, right).

Memes referencing the controversy also spread online in mid-October 2023. For example, Redditor thexbeatboxer posted a Supa Hot Fire meme to /r/dankmemes^[15] on October 14th, garnering over 24,000 upvotes in roughly 48 hours (seen below, left). On October 15th, Redditor J_ClutchFTV posted another example to /r/memes,^[16] garnering over 8,400 upvotes in 16 hours (seen below, right).

Jacksfilms Return

On March 28th, 2024, Jacksfilms made a post^[22] on X asking if he had missed anything and announcing his return. In the post, he shared the picture of sssniperwolf as she asked her fans if she should go visit him, which started the saga. The post, which was made as part of him promoting his new app Pithee, quickly spread and received over 15,000 likes in one day (shown below).

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