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YouTube Shooter Told Family She ‘Hated’ the Company

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A woman who believed YouTube suppressed¹ her videos fired shots at the company’s California headquarters on Tuesday. Police said she wounded three people before killing² herself.

Officials do not believe the woman, Nasim Aghdam, targeted the three victims. But they told the Associated Press that she had had a long-standing dispute with the company. She used the name “Nasime Sabz” online.

A YouTube account under that name was removed on Tuesday night.

Her website had criticized YouTube’s policies. It said the company tries to “suppress” video creators. The site had posts about veganism and animal cruelty along with photos of Aghdam and her exercise videos.

“Youtube filtered my channels to keep them from getting views!” one of the messages on the site said. “There is no equal growth opportunity on YOUTUBE or any other video sharing site, your channel will grow if they want to!!!!!”

People can receive money from advertisements connected to their videos on YouTube. But the company will limit payment to some channels for reasons including unacceptable material or having fewer than 1,000 subscribers.

Her father Ismail Aghdam told the Bay Area News Group that his daughter “hated” YouTube. He said she was angry that the company stopped paying her for videos she posted on the site.

On Monday, he called police to report his daughter missing after she did not answer her phone for two days. She lived in the southern California city of San Diego. Ismail Aghdam said that he also warned the police that she might go to YouTube headquarters in northern California.

A police official said officers found Nasim Aghdam sleeping in her car around 2 a.m. about 48 kilometers from YouTube headquarters. She was let go because she did not appear to be a threat to herself or others.

The police official official would not say whether officers had been warned that Aghdam might have been headed to YouTube headquarters.

YouTube employee Dianna Arnspiger said she was on the building’s second floor when she heard gunshots. She then ran to a window and saw the shooter on a patio³ outside.

Arnspiger said, “It was a woman and she was firing her gun. And I just said, ‘Shooter,’ and everybody started running.”

A spokesman⁴ for San Francisco General Hospital said one of the shooting victims — a 36-year-old man — is in serious condition. The two other shooting victims, both women, have been released from the hospital.

A spokesman for YouTube said, “Today it feels like the entire community of YouTube, all of the employees, were victims of this crime.”

And that’s What’s Trending Today.

I’m Ashley Thompson.

Words in This Story

veganism - n. a philosophy of not eating meat or using animal products

filter - v. use software to prevent someone from looking at or receiving material through the internet

channel - n. a path for particular contents online

opportunity - n. a situation in which something can be done

patio - n. ? a flat area of ground that is covered with a hard material (such as bricks or concrete), is usually behind a house, and is used for sitting and relaxing

1 suppressed   

被抑制的，被忍住的

参考例句：

• The rebellion was brutally suppressed. 起义遭到了残酷的镇压。
• Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 patio   

n.庭院，平台

参考例句：

• Suddenly, the thought of my beautiful patio came to mind. I can be quiet out there,I thought.我又忽然想到家里漂亮的院子，我能够在这里宁静地呆会。
• They had a barbecue on their patio on Sunday.星期天他们在院子里进行烧烤。

4 spokesman   

n.发言人，代言人

参考例句：

• The government spokesman gave a quick briefing to the reporters.政府发言人向记者们作了情况简介。
• They drew lots to decide who should be their spokesman.他们抽签决定谁是他们的发言人。