DoctorP
09-12-2021, 11:46 PM
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/twitch-sues-users-over-alleged-hate-raids-against-streamers/
Since early August, Twitch has been wrestling with an epidemic of harassment, known as “hate raids,” against marginalized streamers.
These attacks spam streamers’ chats with hateful and bigoted language, amplified dozens of times a minute by bots. On Thursday, after a month trying and failing to combat the tactic, Twitch resorted to the legal system, suing two alleged hate raiders for “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist and other harassing content” in violation of its terms of service.
Since early August, Twitch has been wrestling with an epidemic of harassment, known as “hate raids,” against marginalized streamers.
These attacks spam streamers’ chats with hateful and bigoted language, amplified dozens of times a minute by bots. On Thursday, after a month trying and failing to combat the tactic, Twitch resorted to the legal system, suing two alleged hate raiders for “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist and other harassing content” in violation of its terms of service.