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 ...
As inflation rises and the economy contracts, some US Twitch streamers are losing promotional deals, forcing them to rely on meager ad earnings from the service
Nathan Grayson / Washington Post : Tweets: @rachaelmyrow , @kp11studios , @vahn16 , @cypheroftyr , @kyurieff , and @launcherwp See also Mediagazer Tweets: Rachael Myrow / @rachaelmyrow : On @Twitch w...
A look at YouTube's strategy, started in 2019, of signing Twitch streamers with a network of creators that can simulate community and build its own game culture
At a Crucial Time for Esports Tweets: @imaginemod : Here's the thing, good for YouTube for stealing big streamers and paying them, but for the average streamer the platform is still atrocious for disc...
Twitch confirms the Buffalo gunman livestreamed Saturday's attack on its platform, saying it took his channel down within two minutes of the violence starting
and they're not removing it because it 'doesn't violate their terms of service.' https://twitter.com/... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : The Buffalo shooting video is circulating online. One copy has mo...
An interview with Puerto Rican Twitch star Ironmouse, who suffers from the chronic illness CVID and is the most popular VTuber on Twitch with 1M+ followers
Nathan Grayson / Washington Post : Tweets: @vahn16 and @itslanabee Tweets: Nathan Grayson / @vahn16 : earlier this year @ironmouse streamed nonstop for 31 days. it was a huge undertaking; IRL she suf...
Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more
The entire code based leaked online. Now what? Alex Calvin / PC Games Insider : Twitch confirms it has been the victim of a massive hack Nathan Grayson / Washington Post : Massive Twitch hack reveals...
Some viewers use Twitch as an outlet for suicidal thoughts and streamers say Twitch can do more to help than just point them to a mental health support page
Nathan Grayson / Kotaku : Tweets: @dacidbro , @wishfuiiytv , and @chrsmxwll Tweets: David Broweleit / @dacidbro : Apparently someone actually programmed the “Report self harm” button on Twitch to sim...