Summary
SSSniperwolf and Jacksfilms have built a prominent following onYouTubeover the years, though prior to October 2022 the two hadn’t interacted much. While Jacksfilms has made great efforts to criticize herYouTubecontent, the female YouTuber didn’t have much to say other than a few tweets. However, after events from the night of October 13, SSSniperwolf is under fire due to allegations that she doxed the 35-year-old’s home address to her millions of Instagram followers.
Due to SSSniperowlf’s latest actions, thecontroversy between SSSniperwolf and Jacksfilmshas only become more volatile. As of yesterday, YouTube penalized SSSniperwolf, but some believed it was not a hefty enough punishment. Whether this is the end of the feud between the YouTubers still remains to be seen.
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SSSniperwolf Accused of Stealing Content
Jacksfilms' interest in SSSniperwolf’s content began in 2022 after he saw a tweet detailing where she was getting inspiration for her videos. This appeared to strike a chord with the sketch comedian, as he explained in one of his own videos that he didn’t believe it was right to react to TikTok compilations with what he thought was low-effort commentary. As such, he created a new channel called JJJacksfilms, which distinctively parodied the triple “s” in SSSniperwolf’s moniker. It was here that Jacksfilms began to critique her for what he claimed wasstealing content from creatorsand failing to credit them.
While the channel began with clips of Jacksfilms adding low-effort reactions to the content that SSSniperwolf was reacting to, he later shifted to a new format that successfully granted him more views. Thedrama between the YouTuberstruly heightened here, as Jacksfilms began streaming “SSSniperwolf Bingo Nights” on Twitch. It seems he and his audience would watch her videos on TikTok compilations and fill in bingo squares with labels like “forgets to react” and “reading the caption word for word.”
The mission of the JJJacksfilms channel appeared to be flourishing as it provided a unique format to watch SSSniperwolf’s videos whilefinding the original creators and crediting them. It also may have been the reason that some of SSSniperwolf’s videos have been edited to remove clips from creators who didn’t give her permission to use them. Some Twitch users even insisted that she’d steal jokes from TikTok comments to reuse.
Though the videos declaring that her content wasn’t following the fair use doctrine were likely vexing for SSSniperwolf, the accusations that she went to Jacksfilms' house without an invitation are sparking outrage. According to screenshots from her now-deleted Instagram story, she made a poll with the question: “Should I go visit @jacksfilms? He lives 5 minutes away from my shoot.“The female YouTuberthen posted a video outside his house with the caption: “Let’s talk like adults.”
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Jacksfilms is Urging YouTube to Remove SSSniperwolf From the Platform
It appears Jacksfilms was live-streaming when he was alerted that SSSniperwolf may be outside his residence. In the stream, people can hear him asking his wife not to go outside to speak with her. In a video he uploaded the next morning, he noted that SSSniperwolf appeared to be making light of the situation because she uploaded a picture of her and her sister with the caption “We pull up to your house, wyd?” He then asserted that he and his wifeno longer feel safe in their house.
While there are those who are defending SSSniperwolf'’s decision to try and speak with Jacksfilms, others believe that there were safer avenues if she wanted to do so. After all, SSSniperwolf possesses a criminal record that charged her with armed robbery and disorderly conduct as recently as 2016. Of course, some usershave commented on Twitterthat Jacksfilms' concerns are laughable. For instance, SSSniperwolf’s sibling tweeted in response to Jacksfilms, “…does he not know how to fight or something?“Others have postulated that if the roles were reversed more people would see this as a greater issue.
Conversely, SSSniperwolf has deniedthe accusations of doxxingas she stated on her Instagram story that she doesn’t know how to dox someone and had “no ill intentions.” She maintained that his address can be found on Google and that Jacksfilms has been harassing her for months.
Nevertheless, YouTube also mentioned that “the behavior on both sides isn’t what [it wants] on YT,” to whichpopular internet personality Jacksepticeyereplied “Wait…both sides? Criticism and parody are not the same as doxxing.” A few minutes later, SSSniperwolf published an apology tweet that thanked YouTube for holding her accountable.
It should be noted that this isn’t the first time Jacksfilms hasquestioned non-transformative content. Seven years ago, he went viral after blankly watching another creator react to one of his videos. In the end, Jacksfilms sardonically says, “I really like how you played my video in its entirety and then didn’t really react to it.” It appears that the YouTuber that was bashed later deleted their channel. In the present day, it’s still to be determined whetherYouTubewill penalize Jacksfilms for his critiques or do anything beyond temporary demonetization for SSSniperwolf.
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