In response to Jeff Bezos' criticism of her remarks on Thursday, a Carnegie Mellon University associate professor who had previously wished for Queen Elizabeth II's "excruciating" demise lambasted the Amazon founder and CEO on social media.
Uju Anya, a second language associate professior at Carnegie Mellon University, on Thursday tweeted in her personnal Twitter account: "I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating." This was posted following the news that Queen Elizabeth's doctors expressed concern about the monarch's health condition.
Bezos questioned the tone of Anya's remark even though Twitter later deleted the tweet for breaking their rules..
The second-richest person in the world, Bezo, tweeted, "This is someone supposedly working to make the world better? I don't believe so. Wow."
This is someone supposedly working to make the world better? I don’t think so. Wow. https://t.co/2zoi6CdFMq
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) September 8, 2022
Anya responded by criticizing Bezos' "merciless greed" and declining to apologize,per CBS News.
The professor tweeted: "If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star."
Anya, who joined Carnegie Mellon in 2021, was born in Nigeria, which gained independence from the UK in 1960 according to the institution's "Faculty Spotlight."
Carnegie Mellon Denounced Professor's Statements
The associate professor's post from Thursday was denounced by the institution, according to Fox Business.
"We do not condone the offensive and objectionable messages posted by Uju Anya today on her personal social media account." Carnegie Mellon Spokesperson Peter Kerwin said. "Free expression is core to the mission of higher education, however, the views she shared absolutely do not represent the values of the institution, nor the standards of discourse we seek to foster."
Twitter did not react right away when queries on the precise rule that Anya's message broke.
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According to the platform's hateful conduct policy, Twitter prohibits "content that wishes, hopes, promotes, incites, or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm, or serious disease against an entire protected category and/or individuals who may be members of that category."
Meanwhile, Bezos paid his respects to the Queen via a tweet.
"I can think of no one who better personified duty. My deepest condolences to all the Brits mourning her passing today," he posted on Twitter.
On Thursday, Anya did not reply to several media outlet's request for comment.
'The Crown' Filming On Hold
In other updates, Variety has reported that "The Crown" halted filming on Friday in remembrance of the Queen's passing. The sixth and allegedly last season of the show is presently under production.
Filming on "The Crown" was halted today out of respect, a Netflix source revealed. Additionally, filming will stop on the day of Her Majesty The Queen's burial.
After the passing of the Queen, "The Crown," the acclaimed drama about Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that influenced it, is set to halt production on Season 6. This was verified to Variety by sources close to creator Peter Morgan. No statement has yet been made by Netflix.
At age 96, the monarch, who ascended to the throne in 1952, was the oldest monarch in history to be in power. The family said on Thursday that she passed away at Balmoral, her residence in the Scottish Highlands, while surrounded by her family.
King Charles III, her eldest child, is her successor.
