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 ...

Back in June 2016, Twitch filed a legal complaint against seven makers of 'view bots', software used to inflate the apparent view count, follower count, and chat activity on a Twitch channel. Almost ...

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 ...

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.

Viewership on Twitch is declining as the platform targets streamers using bots, but the platform disputes a ‘free fall’ in its numbers. However, over the past few months there’s been reports of a ...