A US House committee asks the CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify at an October 8 hearing on the “radicalization of online forum users”
oversight.house.gov/release/ chai... Mastodon: Jess / @JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange : In normal times, I'd say this is a good thing. There are absolutely radicalizing and violent cesspools on all ...
Content creators are amassing audiences of thousands on Twitch by covering political news and raising funds for Palestinians, as other platforms eschew politics
Dozens of content creators are leveraging the live streaming app to raise funds for Palestinians, circumventing political content bans on other platforms.
Content creators are amassing audiences of thousands on Twitch by covering political news and raising funds for Palestinians, as other platforms eschew politics
Dozens of content creators are leveraging the live streaming app to raise funds for Palestinians, circumventing political content bans on other platforms.
Former and current Twitch employees describe how Twitch never understood what its users wanted, failed to go mainstream, alienated its top creators, and more
It never diversified to recorded content whereas other apps like YouTube, TikTok or Instagram do both live & recorded video. … X: Gergely Orosz / @gergelyorosz : Interesting to look back and see just ...
Current and former Twitch staff describe how the service lost its way: out-of-touch leaders, losing big creators, cost cutting, many irrelevant ads, and more
The platform's recent moves have confused and upset creators, fans and staff alike — For Twitch, the live-streaming platform watched …
As chess explodes on Twitch, a look at Chess.com's Global Championship, its first in-person event since 2018, and “fair play” measures amid a cheating scandal
Cheating allegations have changed how chess is played, just as the game is shifting into looking a lot more like esports.
An analysis of Twitch streams from October 2020 to August 2022 shows Twitch's moderation tools often failed to stop children streaming and adults grooming them
The gaming platform's design enables people to find and exploit kids in real-time — Graphics and illustrations by Rachael Dottle
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins says he will be simultaneously streaming on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter
The mainstays of Twitch's ‘Fortnite’ era recently made big moves. The receptions were quite different. — Not so long ago, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins was nigh-inescapable on Twitch.
After four high-profile Twitch streamers were “swatted” in a week, Twitch says it is working to mitigate swatting but notes issues around sharing personal data
Nathan Grayson / Washington Post : Tweets: @vahn16 , @vahn16 , and @vahn16 Tweets: Nathan Grayson / @vahn16 : NEW: last week alone, harassers called swat teams to the residences of four high-profile ...
Online crypto casinos like Stake are luring gamers, in some cases to the point of bankruptcy, by using celebrity endorsements and sponsored streams on Twitch
sometimes with dire consequences. New from me: https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Cecilia D'Anastasio / @cecianasta : New: Some Twitch viewers say they're hooked on crypto gambling ...