From early August, Twitch has been plagued by a plague of harassment against unnamed advertisers known as “hate attacks.” The attack spam conversations with hate speech and insults, promoted several times per minute by bots. On Thursday, after a month of trying to stop the practice, Twitch resorted to legal means, accusing two so-called “extremist” activists of “racism and discrimination against blacks and LGBTQIA + members of the opposite sex, homosexuals and lesbians.” itself and other perpetrators of “violation of its rules of operation.”
“We hope that these complaints will also expose the perpetrators of the threats and the weapons they are using, prevent them from adopting these practices, and help alleviate the horrific threats that are taking place in our area,” a Twitch spokesman said in response. FALSE.
Violence on the basis of gender, race, and sexual orientation is not uncommon Advertising games for 10 years old platform; however last month, hate threats occurred he grew up. Non-partisan advertisers receive disparaging remarks — sometimes hundreds at a time — such as “This is now KKK’s.” To inform people of the hatred and pressure to take action, thousands of rivers are in place bound together Under hashtags like #TwitchDoBetter and #ADayOffTwitch, a one-day strike.
Twitch has implemented several updates to reduce the number of hackers. The company said it banned thousands of accounts last month, created new toys, and has been implementing “measures to prevent people from escaping”. But chasing botters is like playing whack-a-mole; The perpetrators continue to create new accounts while hiding their names online to avoid prosecution. “The perpetrators who took the initiative were strongly encouraged to violate our Terms of Service, and create new false accounts aimed at harassing the Producers even if we continue to protect our security from rapidly changing values,” the Twitch spokesman said in response. FALSE.
A fourth lawsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court in Northern District California, has struck two users, known as “Cruzzcontrol” and “CreatineOverdose,” which Twitch believes are based in the Netherlands and Vienna, Austria. Twitch in the suit is said to have taken “evil” by suspending it and then completely shutting down their accounts. However, it does say, “They avoided the Twitch ban by creating new Twitch accounts, and changed the so-called ‘terrorists’ to avoid being identified or suspended by Twitch.” Complaints that Cruzzcontrol and CreatineOverdose are still working on multiple Twitch accounts in conflict, as well as thousands of bot accounts, to be cruel and that all users claim, in legal terms, that they can “create thousands of bots in a minute for that purpose.” which causes about 3,000 bots related to recent hate threats.
On August 15, the suit states, CreatineOverdose showed how their bot program could be “used to spray Twitch’s methods with vulgar language, a description of violence against minority groups, and say that the attackers were ‘KK K.'” and that their opponents could be in trouble. a group of “anti-enemy groups,” which controls the attacks of Discord and Steam.
Twitch has been heavily involved with bottle makers in the past. In 2016, the company sued a number of bottle makers who copied the number of viewers and their followers – who was then vice president of advertising, Di Diietiet, at the time. singing “Constant frustration.” A California judge ruled in favor of Twitch, to order bot makers to pay the company $ 1.3 million for breach of contract, unfair competition, violation of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, and law enforcement. Thursday’s suit could help expose unsuspecting individuals who are also unlikely to face charges.