Twitch rolls out changes to its violation enforcement system, including letting minor infractions expire after 90 days and serious ones in one or two years
Depending on severity, this will take 90 days to two years. — Twitch has rolled out a number of changes to its violation enforcement system.
Sources: AT&T, JPMorgan, and Dunkin' pulled ads from Twitch after a controversial group of livestreamers alleged that Twitch is promoting antisemitic content
- Exiled contributors mount campaign that includes edited clips — Their targets are pro-Palestinian streamer and Twitch staffers
Days after updating its content policy to permit certain kinds of sexual content, Twitch rescinds the “artistic nudity” portion, citing “community concern”
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New York AG plans to investigate social media platforms “used to stream, promote, or plan” the Buffalo attack, including Twitch, Discord, 4chan, and 8chan
- New York Attorney General Letitia James will investigate social media companies in connection to the apparently racially motivated attack … Source: NY State Attorney General .
Twitch's takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to violate Texas' social media law, given that an amendment for terrorism content exceptions failed
Mike Masnick / Techdirt : Tweets: @b_fung , @mmasnick , and @slpng_giants Tweets: Brian Fung / @b_fung : Imagine if Facebook had to carry the Buffalo shooting video, or posts amplifying the suspect's...
Turkish live streamers expose a fraud ring that used Twitch's Bit platform to launder ~$10M; Twitch says it has taken action against 150 users
Turkish live streamers expose a fraud ring that used Twitch's Bit platform to launder ~$10M; Twitch says it has taken action against 150 users
Hundreds of streamers said to have taken 20 percent cut to help launder money stolen by hackers through credit cards
Twitch and NMPA reach deal after tensions over takedown notices; sources: deal doesn't include music licenses, and Twitch will warn users before suspending them
Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard :
Twitch's “hate raid” lawsuit raises questions about when tech platforms should unmask their own anonymous users and sue them for violating their speech policies
It isn't hard to figure out who the bad guys are in Twitch's latest lawsuit against two of its users. Tweets: @issielapowsky and @protocol Tweets: Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky : NEW: Why Twitch's l...
Twitch sues two anonymous users, accusing them of “hate raids” harassing Black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist, and other content
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