Popular streamer Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel recently lost two million followers, but thankfully for him, most of these accounts were bots that were artificially boosting his numbers and messing with his ...

"We at Twitch are well aware that view-bots, follow-bots, and chat-impersonation bots are a persistent frustration," the company's marketing VP Matthew DiPietro wrote in a blog post The defendants ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Bots are a known issue for Twitch, Amazon's video game streaming platform. Improved ...

The Twitch platform has become one of the most popular platforms for streaming as of recent but it seems like not everyone was playing fair. Bots are already a known issue around Twitch, Amazon's ...

The legal hammer is being dropped on seven of the most prolific bot-makers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Twitch has filed a ...

Amid a rise in harassment campaigns carried out by automated bots, companies like Twitch are resorting to a more targeted approach—less “ban hammer,” and more like a bunch of little ban daggers.

Twitch has recently been bombarded with millions of bot accounts, making live streams difficult, as there is no clear way for players to know who is a legitimate viewer and what the motives are of ...

In a blogpost at Twitch, senior vice president of marketing Matthew DiPietro highlighted the company's efforts to get rid of all manner of bots that are being exploited by a "small minority" and have ...

The gamer-watching platform says it needs to protect a "fair playing field." By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large It’s a new day in the entertainment industry, and few lawsuits speak to where ...

Last month, Twitch partnered up with Fortnite developers Epic Games to offer the Fortnite Twitch Prime Pack. This pack gives Twitch Prime subscribers, who play Fortnite, a bundle of legendary gear and ...