A few weeks back in the Graveyard of Twitch, sometimes referred to as the Artifact channel hub, was flooded by a mass of trolls hosting livestreams of…well, let’s say less than savoury content as a means to mock Valve’s dismal attempt at a collectable card game. These livestreams contained everything from pirated films, furry hentai and even a video of the horrific Christchurch massacre. It wasn’t a particularly enjoyable space to say the least with Twitch systematically removing all of the offending channels only have new channels created via bots programmed by users. It was a digital warzone of a company looking to defend its reputation and trolls looking for a cheap laugh.
Twitch has officially filed a lawsuit against 100 unnamed individuals who were involved in the incident. The lawsuit added the complaint that “Defendants’ actions threatened and continue to threaten Twitch and the safety of the Twitch community”. The company details how users were using automated methods to create new channels and continue offensive streams as quickly as Twitch was able to disable and remove currently active channels. Twitch has stated that the offending people have damaged the streaming platform’s reputation and have affected the company’s revenue:
To protect the Twitch community, Twitch took the extremely disruptive step of disabling streaming for all newly created accounts for almost two days before imposing two-factor authentication for certain accounts.
The lawsuit states that by hosting these streams, those responsible have violated the terms and conditions of Twitch as well as committing fraud, presumably due to tricking users interested in Artifact into viewing illicit content. Twitch is seeking monetary repercussions from those involved and an injunction preventing them from ever accessing Twitch again. “We are pursuing litigation to identify these bad actors, and will take all appropriate actions to protect our community,” Twitch explained.
Last Updated: June 20, 2019
For the Emperor!
June 20, 2019 at 16:48
I thought the streams were just trolling the game. But reading what they contained? A-holes of note!
Jacques Van Zyl
June 20, 2019 at 16:49
Somebody streaming Magic or Hearthstone or even Gwent on here would’ve been a good laugh, but the internet is as vile and awful as it can be wholesome and breathtaking.
For the Emperor!
June 20, 2019 at 18:11
Agreed
Llama In The Rift
June 20, 2019 at 16:49
Freaking hell….that went south fast.
Me: How about a round of Gwent?
Pariah
June 20, 2019 at 16:49
I fucking hope this teaches these twats a lesson. I hope they get their asses sued into oblivion.
Dutch Matrix
June 20, 2019 at 16:49
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Pariah
June 20, 2019 at 18:11
Kids watch Twitch. It’s meant to be family friendly. Willfully putting content up that’s either porn or racially-fueled murder which can be watched by anyone is vile. And then to use bots to bypass the bans, etc. The twats who did this deserve jail time, but crushing debt will do as well.
Dutch Matrix
June 20, 2019 at 18:11
Oh I see. IN that case, yeah. Destroy their lives! (Serious)
CrAiGiSh
June 21, 2019 at 08:36
Kinda funny, but not funny … (but funny).