The gamer is described as having ‘one of the largest platforms for white supremacist content’ (Picture: @PewDiePie)

PewDiePie may have taken the lead against T-Series once again, but he’s now facing a petition signed by thousands calling for him to be banned from YouTube.

The petition, which has been signed by 72,000 at the time of writing, describes the YouTube star – real name Felix Kjellberg – as having ‘one of the largest platforms for white supremacist content.’

The creator, Maria Ruiz, added: ‘PewDiePie has on many occasions proven once and again to promote and affiliate himself with white supremacist and Nazi ideologies. Worst of all his channel is very much aimed toward children in their formative years.’

It goes on to list some of the 29-year-old’s past actions, including: ‘Used the N slur twice in two separate videos and has hired people to say the N slur, ‘he has promoted videos that contain Adolf Hitler speeches and anti-Semitic cartoons’ and ‘he paid Indian men on website Fiverr to hold up signs that say death to all jews.’




Felix has previously denied allegations of anti-Semitism, saying his comments had been ‘taken out of context’ and he had been ‘blatantly misrepresented.’

He added: ‘I do strongly believe that you can joke about anything, but I also believe that there is a right way and not the best way to joke about things.’

The petition has more than 72,000 signatures (Picture: Change.org)

The creator of the petition later describes Felix’s comment section as ‘a cesspool of white supremacist activities and commentaries,’ and calls on YouTube to remove his channel.

They also make reference to the Christchurch gunman mentioning Felix’s name during the horrific attack on New Zealand mosques earlier this month, which resulted in 49 fatalities.

The gamer described himself as ‘sickened’ by the gunman urging people to subscribe to his channel in a live stream before opening fire.

Felix, who recently revealed his net worth is ‘definitely more than $20 million’ (£15 million), also faced major backlash in 2017 after he used the N-word during a live stream.

‘What a f***ing n****r… sorry but what the f***,’ he said as he then paused and apologised before laughing and realising his error.

He recently hit 93 million subscribers (Picture: @PewDiePie)

Later apologising for his comments, he said: ‘It was something I said in the heat of the moment. I said the worst word I could possibly think of, and it just sort of slipped out. I’m not going to make any excuses as to why it did, because there are no excuses for it.’

Since, his YouTube subscribers have skyrocketed as a result of his battle against T-Series to hold onto YouTube’s most subscribed spot, as he inches ever closer to 100 million.

However, even that hasn’t been free from controversy, with one fan recently etching ‘sub to PewDiePie’ on a New York World War II memorial.

‘I don’t think I’ve done anything to condone this sort of behaviour,’ he later said of the graffiti. ‘Obviously it’s disgusting, obviously I don’t condone it whatsoever.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for PewDiePie for comment.

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