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Snapchat and Twitch disable President Trump’s accounts
President Trump is being scrubbed.
Twitch drops phrase “blind playthrough” over sensitivity concerns
The PC language boom.
Google Stadia Creative Director: Streamers should buy a license from developers and publishers to stream games
Streamers have been the driving force behind the success of several indie games. Under this proposal, they’d have to hand over a cut of their revenue to developers to stream games.
India telecoms giant Jio blocks Twitch streams
Illegal blocking for copyright reasons seems to have been the original culprit.
The military is the latest target of online cancel culture
Online campaigns have targeted Twitch streaming and even Lego.
US Army accused of breaching First Amendment by banning users on Twitch
Users were silenced for asking about war crimes.
UK regulators plan fines and restrictions on internet video providers over “hatred” and more
UK-based video sharing platforms will be required to “take appropriate measures to protect users from harm.”
Twitch suspends The President
“Hateful conduct” was apparently behind the temporary ban.
Many Twitch streamers hit with DMCA music strikes on clips dating back to 2016
Many streamers are now bulk deleting their content archives because Twitch’s backend tools are preventing them from easily finding potentially infringing content.
Twitch closes account of cosplayer and body-paint artist Forkgirl
Twitch didn’t give a reason.
Straggling journos target Twitch with old-news accusations of corona conspiracies
We’re not out of the zone of lazy journalism just yet.
Will Twitch’s new “Safety Advisory Council” mean a decrease in censorship? Not likely.
Twitch takes another turn in the wrong direction.