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Twitch has recently been bombarded with millions of bot accounts, making live streams difficult, as there is no clear way for players to know who is a legitimate viewer and what the motives are of ...

Amid a rise in harassment campaigns carried out by automated bots, companies like Twitch are resorting to a more targeted approach—less “ban hammer,” and more like a bunch of little ban daggers.

In a blogpost at Twitch, senior vice president of marketing Matthew DiPietro highlighted the company's efforts to get rid of all manner of bots that are being exploited by a "small minority" and have ...

The legal hammer is being dropped on seven of the most prolific bot-makers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Twitch has filed a ...

Back in June 2016, Twitch filed a legal complaint against seven makers of 'view bots', software used to inflate the apparent view count, follower count, and chat activity on a Twitch channel. Almost ...

Every day, Daniel “Simooligan” Larsh, a gay man who took up Twitch streaming in 2020, faces harassment. Threatening phone calls, trolling messages, Twitch chat spam, Twitter accounts that publicize ...