The YouTuber Who Attacked YouTube Headquarters

On April 3, 2018, a woman armed with a 9mm handgun walked into YouTube's California headquarters and opened fire, wounding three people before taking her own life. Nasim Aghdam, a vegan bodybuilder and animal rights activist who posted videos on the platform, was angry that YouTube had stopped paying her for her content and believed the company was discriminating against her [citation:3][citation:6]. She legally purchased the gun in January and visited a shooting range just hours before the attack [citation:4][citation:6]. Her father had reported her missing and warned police she "hated" YouTube, but officers found her sleeping in her car the night before and deemed her cooperative [citation:8][citation:10]. She entered the campus through a parking garage and fired indiscriminately into a courtyard where employees were eating lunch [citation:3][citation:8]. The case highlights how digital platform grievances can escalate into real-world violence.