Twitchsaid Tuesday that it’s implementing a series of new safeguards to address child grooming on its streaming platform. The statement followed aBloomberg reportthat found nearly 2,000 alleged predator accounts that followed children. In some cases, users urged kids to perform vulgar acts in livestreams.
The company took a big step Thursday by filing a lawsuit against two individuals who allegedly conducted the raids. Twitch says this lawsuit won’t be the last action it’ll take to address targeted attacks.
In the meantime, Twitch creators can nominate charities they’d like to see added atTwitch Charity UserVoice.
Twitch isupdating its reporting toolto make it easier for members to flag behavior that violates the platform’s standards. A preview of Twitch’s new reporting tool. The companyeventually filed lawsuitsagainst two individuals accused of conducting raids. Earlier this month, Twitch announced it wasbanning streamerswho repeatedly spread misinformation.
Twitchwas reportedly defaced for a few hours early Friday, with pictures ofJeff Bezosreplacing background images ingames. Company officials didn’t immediately return a request for comment. There was no indication that login credentials were exposed, Twitch said. It added that full credit card numbers are stored elsewhere and therefore were not exposed. The company wasacquired by Amazon for $970 millionin 2014 as part of the retail giant’s gaming push.
#ADayOffTwitchis a one-day strike of the streaming platform by streamers, set for Wednesday. In early August, RekItRaven tweeted a video of a raid in action. This isn’t the first time Twitch has come under fire regarding harassment. Women who participate inhot tub streams on Twitchsaid they experienced abuse daily.
The ban is set to go into effect on Oct. 18. Gambling has long been an issue on Twitch. Many streamers openly promote gambling sites to their young audiences. In the wake of this decision, many are celebrating.
Twitter has acquired Quill, a Slack rivalin the business-focused messaging space, the companies said on Tuesday. The specific terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The acquisition comes amid big changes at Twitter. Excited to share that today were welcoming@QuillChatto Twitter!
Twitter is fightingElon Musk’s attemptto take over the company. His offer values Twitter at more that $40 billion. He already owns more than 9% of the company. The bid has fueled questions about Twitter’s future and impacted employee morale at the company. Musk is one of Twitter’s largest shareholders. That makes it more expensive for Musk to increase his stake in the company. Purchasing shares also comes with voting rights....
The Georgia Republican’s suspension, the third such, will last one week. A Twitter spokesperson said the tweet was “labeled in line with our COVID-19 misleading information policy. The account will be in read-only mode for a week due to repeated violations of the Twitter rules.” In March, the company said it would beginlabeling any tweets that may contain misleading informationabout theCOVID-19vaccine. Greene didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on her latest suspension....
Twitter went on to say that the new policy doesn’t prohibit cross-posting of content from other platforms. Twitter has been somewhat chaotic since Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter on Oct. 27. Twitter, which no longer has a communications department, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The social media giant is now banning all climate change denial ads from its platform. The release of the hubs coincided with the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The news come at a time when the company istrying to avoid a taker-overby the billionaireElon Musk. Such protection for free speech, under the First Amendment,applies only to the government censoring speech.
The policy already bars Twitter users from sharing people’s home addresses, government IDs and other sensitive information. The company also has a separate policy that bars users from posting nude photos of people without their consent.
