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YouTube Streamer With 6.9M Followers Banned After Valorant Tirade Clip Surfaces
9In maybe the swiftest escalation of 2022, gaming YouTuber and experimental rapper IShowSpeed was banned from Valorant (and other Riot Games titles) and potentially YouTube for demeaning a female player in Riot’s tactical hero shooter. IShowSpeed has since apologised for his behaviour, saying he was “not having a good day” in the clip that went…
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Twitch’s First Transparency Report Is A Start, But Streamers Want More
Today, Twitch released its first-ever transparency report, a lengthy, stat-based look at the platform’s safety initiatives over the past year. It contains some interesting, albeit granular, information about Twitch’s efforts to cut down on hateful conduct, sexual harassment, and even terrorist propaganda. But it also fails to clear the haze from the question that has…
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Twitch Streamer’s Community Revolts After He Plays Fortnite With Jake Paul
Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that streamer Summit1g is one of the most enduringly popular personalities on Twitch. Even his fanbase, however, has its limits. By streaming a few Fortnite matches with YouTube pariah Jake Paul over the weekend, Summit tested them in a big way.
