Man charged after threatening Merriam-Webster offices over gender definitions

Published April 23, 2022 3:52pm ET



A California man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly making violent threats to Merriam-Webster for its updated dictionary definitions on gender-related topics.

Jeremy David Hanson, 34, was charged with one count of interstate communication of threats to commit violence after sending anonymous messages threatening to bomb the company’s offices and shoot everyone inside, according to the Department of Justice.

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