Activism
Christensen is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [2] Christensen, who goes by YourFavoriteGuy on TikTok, has been vocally pro-Palestinian since he was in high school. In November 2023, he penned an essay questioning Israel's treatment of Palestinians and its Arab citizens. [5] [2] [1] Christensen has gained attention surrounding his commentary on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict following the October 7 attacks. [2] [6] He was one of many US students who spoke against the Gaza war, [8] and had more than 3 million followers on TikTok as of September 2025. [9] He told the World Socialist Web Site that he decided to engage in pro-Palestinian activism after receiving an offer to express support for Israel and Zionism from an Israeli newspaper in exchange for $5,000. He added, "It really solidified my decision to speak out because in the media I was seeing every single news outlet painting Israel as 100 percent in the right, even after they came in and slaughtered thousands of Palestinians in the weeks following October 7th. I didn’t understand, but I knew somebody needed to say something." [10]
After the 2025 Capital Jewish Museum shooting, Christensen initially condemned the attack, saying, "I don't support the slaughter of civilians. That's not the way to go about it and bring justice". [5] He later changed his stance, saying, "Israel has livestreamed a genocide to the entire world the last two years. And you cannot expect to do such a thing in this world without the people standing up to fight, to stop you in any way they can, to resist against you, and that is exactly what happened." [5] In another video, Christensen also read the manifesto of shooter Elias Rodriguez [5] [2] and told his followers that "I want to urge you first to support Elias' actions." [11] Christensen denied the attack was motivated by antisemitism, stating that the murders were not motivated by the ethnic backgrounds of the victims but because the two individuals were Zionists. [5] Critics construed his videos as antisemitic and incitement to violence. [2]
The videos eventually caught the attention of United States Congressman Ritchie Torres, who is considered pro-Israel. [12] Torres urged the federal government to investigate Christensen as a possible threat, which led to Christensen calling Torres a "Zionist scumbag" and "AIPAC millionaire." [2] [3]
In late 2025, Christensen was nominated by the pro-Israel group StopAntisemitism for its "Antisemite of the Year" list. [13]
In February 2026, Christensen's YouTube channel was suspended. The suspension was later reverted following a social media backlash. Christensen said, "YouTube was forced to restore my entire channel + monetisation after REJECTING the appeal last night, promising I would stay banned forever. This is the power of collective action and solidarity. If we don't stand together, we'll be picked apart 1 by 1." [14]
Ohio State University expulsion and lawsuit
Christensen's social media posts eventually led to his expulsion from Ohio State University, where Christensen was attending university as a freshman. [2] Initially, OSU suspended him and told Christensen that they would arrange a meeting with him to get his side of the story. Christensen claims he did schedule a meeting with the university but that he was expelled before he could speak to speak to any university staff. [2] [6] [3] The university emphasized that the expulsion had nothing to do with Christensen's actions, but with his social media posts being perceived as threats against Ritchie Torres and in addition a viral social media campaign to deplatform and punish Christensen for his videos. [3]
Christensen filed a complaint for "Declaratory and Injunctive Relief" against OSU president Walter Carter, Senior Vice President for Student Life Melissa Shivers, and Registrar Ryan Hunt in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on September 17, 2025. The ACLU of Ohio took up Christensen's case against the university, arguing that Christensen's social media posts were not incitement to violence but free speech. The ACLU also emphasized that Christensen was a passionate critic of Zionism prior to starting university and that he never sought to link his social media pages to OSU. [2] [3] The ACLU has also claimed that Christensen was unfairly punished for posts made on his free time outside of the school. [2]
The ACLU has also claimed that Christensen has been the victim of a social media doxing campaign spurred on by accounts such as "endjewhatred", which encouraged its followers to write letters to OSU asking for Christensen's expulsion from the school. [3]
On January 14, 2026, U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr, issued a 30-page ruling ordering Ohio State University to immediately reverse the expulsion of Guy Christensen from its records, concluding that the university likely violated his constitutional rights (First and Fourteenth Amendments). [6] [7] Christensen has stated he does not wish to re-enroll in the university after his poor treatment. [2] A spokesman for the university has expressed their dismay in the ruling. [6]
While some critics of Christensen have deemed his social media posts "loathsome", Sargus emphasized that even loathsome speech is protected under the First Amendment. [6]
Political beliefs
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has characterized Christensen as far-left. [13]
Christensen has claimed that Israelis greet news of Palestinian death by rejoicing in the streets. Christensen is also a proponent of armed resistance over peaceful protest. In a video removed from several platforms, he was quoted as saying that "Hamas is not a terrorist organization, they are resistance fighters. Condemning the elimination of the two embassy workers out of fear that the government will crack down on the resistance movement is like condemning Luke Skywalker for blowing up the Death Star because the Empire might crack down on the Rebellion. We must instead meet this crackdown with escalation." [12] In an opinion piece for TRT World, he wrote, "I was shocked to learn of Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, their violence against Palestinians, the resulting displaced families, and bulldozed homes, and it struck a chord. It was reminiscent of the colonisation of Native Americans by English settlers." [4]
Christensen also believes that Elias Rodriguez, the individual who killed two Israeli embassy employees outside the DC Jewish Museum, is not a terrorist but a resistance fighter. [5] [1] [3] He said in his initial denunciation of the shooting that it would lead to a crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists in the U.S., which he compared to Kristallnacht . [5] Christensen has also worn clothing on camera inferring that Jesus was Palestinian. [5]
In January 2025, Christensen criticized a proposed ban of TikTok in the US, saying it would "eliminate the most impactful online space that the pro-Palestinian movement has in the world... The biggest concern about this ban is that the pro-Israel lobby and Zionists who pushed for the app to be taken away from Americans will have succeeded in permanently and irrevocably altering the public discourse in America to fit their interest". [15] Since TikTok's acquisition by American entrepreneur Larry Ellison in January 2026, Christensen has encouraged his audience to abandon TikTok and move to UpScrolled, which has been perceived as having a more pro-Palestinian stance. [16]
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