“You are the next…”: JK Rowling threatened with death
Hours after the attempted murder of writer Salman Rushdie, JK Rowling received a death threat. British police have opened an investigation.
Between JK Rowling and social networks, it's a real love story . Last November, the author's home address was posted on social media after she made comments deemed transphobic . This Friday, August 12, the author of the Harry Potter saga is again the target of a particularly vehement Internet user . Thus, the Twitter user would have made a death threat against the writer. Two days earlier, JK Rowling had given her support to writer Salman Rushdie , victim of a knife attack in the United States.
The 57-year-old Briton had shared a tweet in which she said she was "sickened" and wished the author of The Satanic Verses a good recovery . In response to his message, a user, posing as a student and political activist based in Pakistan , then launched: "Don't worry, you're next." While the tweet was later deleted, the best-selling author posted a screenshot, calling out the "TwitterSupport" account for a potential rule violation.
. @TwitterSupport These are your guidelines, right?"Violence: You may not threaten violence against an individual or a group of people. We also prohibit the glorification of violence..."Terrorism/violent extremism: You may not threaten or promote terrorism..." pic.twitter.com/BzM6WopzHa— JK Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 13, 2022
No violation of the rules
On Saturday August 13, Joanne Rowling shared a new screenshot, that of the response from the Twitter account. The latter assured that the content of the tweet in question did not violate the rules of the social network. " To all those who send me messages of support: Thank you " , then moved the writer, who assured that the police were involved. "We have received information about a threat made online, and our officers are investigating , " said a spokesperson for police in Scotland, the country where the creator of the bespectacled wizard resides