Controversies

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• Pandiscia alleged in his complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

• Twitch streamer Warren Pandiscia has sued Twitch and its parent company, Amazon, alleging that they used his streams to develop AI products without obtaining permission or paying licensing fees.

• According to the complaint, the alleged data collection had been taking place for at least two years.

Company response

• Investigation — Twitch

  The livestreaming platform – purchased by Amazon for $970m in 2014 – is understood to still be trying to figure out how it happened.

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• hackers were able to expose more than 100GB of data from Twitch.

• While Twitch was quick to point out that users’ personal data – such as usernames, passwords and credit card information – were not exposed in the breach

• The livestreaming platform – purchased by Amazon for $970m in 2014 – is understood to still be trying to figure out how it happened.

Company response

• Investigation — Twitch

  We've undergone a thorough review of the information included in the files exposed

• Clarification — Twitch

  The exposed data primarily contained documents from Twitch's source code repository, as well as a subset of creator payout data.

• Remediation — Twitch

  Out of an abundance of caution, we have reset all stream keys.

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• A hacker leaked three years' worth of confidential data that included Twitch payout list, source code, and internal cybersecurity red teaming tools.

• After much investigation, Twitch released a new statement denying the severity of its recent hacking.

• Out of an abundance of caution, we have reset all stream keys.

Company response

• Remediation — Twitch

  Twitch says that the configuration issue has since been fixed and the company's systems secured.

• Ongoing disclosure — Twitch

  Twitch has provided an update about its findings so far

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• The exposed data primarily contained documents from Twitch's source code repository, as well as a subset of creator payout data.

• Earlier this month, Twitch suffered a major security breach in which many details about the website and its streamers were leaked to the internet.

• Twitch has provided an update about its findings so far, and it's made a big confirmation for users who were worried that their personal information or login credentials were leaked.

Company response

• Investigation — Twitch

  Twitch confirmed the breach and said it was “working with urgency” to understand the extent of it.

• Ongoing disclosure — Twitch

  In a statement posted on Twitter, the company said it would “update the community as soon as additional information is available”.

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• A botched change in the configuration of a server exposed the internal data to the Internet, allowing a "malicious third party" to access it, the company added in an update yesterday evening.

• Twitch confirmed the breach and said it was “working with urgency” to understand the extent of it.

• Twitch confirms massive data breach

Company response

• Investigation — Twitch

  Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this.

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• Now, Twitch has confirmed that it did indeed suffer a breach but has stopped short of confirming the extent.

• The source code for Twitch's streaming service has been leaked online by an anonymous hacker.

• The platform also confirmed the breach later over a tweet. It said, 'We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. Thank you for bearing with us.'

Company response

• Apology — Twitch

  Just hours later, Twitch apologised for using the word “womxn”

• Clarification — Twitch

  after hearing directly from you, including members of the LGBTQIA+ community on Twitch, we will be using the spelling ‘women’ moving forward.

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• Just hours later, Twitch apologised for using the word “womxn” and said it will use the correct spelling going forward.

• Streaming platform Twitch has apologised after it faced backlash for using the alternative spelling “womxn” instead of “women”.

• “Changing the word implies that trans and [nonbinary] women are not real women and it’s disrespectful to the trans women who are fighting to be recognized as women,” Twitter user @Wunderzorro wrote in one of the 4,000 comments left on the company’s Twitter page.

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• Twitch faces backlash from LGBT+ gamers over PogChamp ‘popularity’ vote: ‘May the best cis white man, win!’

• However, these streamers were deluged with racist and homophobic abuse online after being chosen to represent the emote.

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• This week, Twitch filed a suit against some of those involved in the harassment campaigns.

• In the complaint, Twitch alleges CruzzControl is responsible for a network of approximately 3,000 bots that have been involved in hate raids against streamers in the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities.

• The suit, first spotted by , only names two defendants: CruzzControl and CreatineOverdose.

Company response

• Apology — Twitch

  "We launched these emote modifiers today as part of our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month but we clearly missed the mark, and we apologize," the company said.

• Remediation — Twitch

  "These were not an appropriate representation of Hispanic and Latinx culture, and we've removed them."

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• After social media users criticized the images as stereotypical and not representing a wider swath of cultures and countries, Twitch took them down and offered an apology.

• "These were not an appropriate representation of Hispanic and Latinx culture, and we've removed them."

Company response

• Remediation — Twitch

  Following several reports of a toxic workplace and abuse this year, Twitch today announced the introduction of a new hateful content and harassment policy for its streamer community

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• Several reports from former and current Twitch employees have documented Twitch executives and staff engaging in or ignoring issues like sexism, racism, harassment and other abuse both in the workplace and in the broader Twitch community.

• Following several reports of a toxic workplace and abuse this year, Twitch today announced the introduction of a new hateful content and harassment policy for its streamer community that will go into effect on Jan. 22, 2021.

Company response

• Remediation — Twitch

  Twitch is reinstating access to each account and removing any strike attributed to a channel in connection with the notice, effective immediately.

• Apology — Twitch

  We regret that a false notice from a 3rd party disrupted any of our streamers

• Investigation — Twitch

  The investigation continues as to the actor that submitted the notices.

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• Today, Twitch reinstated the suspended streamers’ accounts and released a statement confirming what many had come to suspect: Praxis Political Legal was fake.

• The investigation continues as to the actor that submitted the notices.

• We regret that a false notice from a 3rd party disrupted any of our streamers and appreciate all who alerted us to the concerns about Praxis Political.

Company response

• Denial — Twitch

  For their part, Twitch issued a statement about the lawsuit to the saying, "These claims are frivolous and have absolutely no merit."

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• A Twitch spokesperson told the Post the claims were "frivolous and have absolutely no merit.”

• Erik Estavillo, from San Francisco, sued the Amazon-owned video game streaming site earlier this month in Santa Clara County court.

• So, what judgment is Estavillo seeking? The permanent ban of sexual female and male streamers that violate Twitch's terms of service and "$25 million in punitive damages to be split between the plaintiff and other Twitch Prime Turbo Subscribers, with any monies left over to be donated to both COVID-19 and Black Lives Matters charities and funds of the Court's choosing."

Company response

• Apology — Twitch

  Twitch apologizes for live stream of Germany shooting

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• Twitch apologizes for live stream of Germany shooting

• "Twitch has a zero-tolerance policy against hateful conduct, and any act of violence is taken extremely seriously," Twitch tweeted.

Company response

• Denial — Twitch

  She said Rambler’s lawsuit is unfair because the service “only provides users with access to the platform,” while the users themselves are responsible for the content they publish, which Twitch cannot change.

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• 俄罗斯法院阻止了这家流媒体视频服务播放英超联赛的电视节目。

• 据俄塔社报道，在俄罗斯Rambler媒体集团表示将因盗版问题起诉亚马逊旗下的Twitch后，俄罗斯法院阻止了这家流媒体视频服务播放英超联赛的电视节目。

• 在俄罗斯Rambler媒体集团表示将因盗版问题起诉亚马逊旗下的Twitch后