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Streamer Abelina Sabrina Rios was banned from Twitch for reading and poking fun at a romance novel live on the platform. Twitch, the streaming platform focused on gaming, has seen a huge rise in its ‘Just Chatting’ category for different types of streams. However, these streams have also been subject to a heavy-handed and trigger-happy moderation team who appear to be taking things a little too far this time round. Just Chatting usually sees a lot of users chatting with streamers or taking part in something that might not fit the usual categories available. These can include news updates, podcasts, and even people live streaming on the streets. Rios, who has taken to reading ludicrous romance novels on her streams, has been banned for the content of the book that wasn’t even read in a ‘sexual way’ according to her Twitter. The book in question is called Ice Planet Barbarians and is about an abducted woman getting seduced by blue aliens. The author’s Amazon description is as follows: ‘Ruby Dixon loves to write sexy, dirty things. Right now she’s obsessed with dirty aliens. She’s also dabbled in dirty bikers, dirty bears, and well, just dirty things in general.’ There’s definitely…

Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee has been banned from Twitch and this year's Evo, CEO, Combo Breaker and multiple other events, according to screen shots he posted online. Combo Breaker 2022 is slated to start a week from today. For both Evo and Combo Breaker, two events in which he had already registered for this year, refunds have reportedly been processed for Infiltration. Although the staff for Evo 2022 and Combo Breaker 2022 have both cited each event's code of conduct as to why Infiltration was denied, Infiltration said that neither event has provided details beyond this. "Thank you for your interest in registering for Evo 2022," said the Evo email sent to Infiltration. "After conducting a review, we determined you do not meet our Code of Conduct, and we cannot allow you to compete at Evo this year. You are being refunded. This decision is being supported by Combo Breaker, Community Effort Orlando, East Coast Throwdown, and the intercontinental Fight Club." According to Infiltration, he received a similar email from Combo Breaker just minutes after being denied competing at Evo this year. "In respect to our Code of Conduct, and in support of the Evolution Championship Series enforcement of their own,…

What is Discord? App under investigation for role in Buffalo supermarket shooting | Fortune

The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has announced Twitch and Discord will be investigated for the role they played in the recent racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo. Last night (May 19) James announced the investigation saying that both social media platforms will be individually evaluated, as well as the “months” of online posts from the perpetrator. 4chan and 8chan – which were also used by the killer to plan his attack – will also be included. On May 14, the shooting’s perpetrator travelled to a Buffalo supermarket to carry out the attack, which he live streamed the first two minutes of before it was eventually removed by Twitch. The terrorist attack killed ten people and wounded three others. Prior to the attack, it was confirmed that the killer used Discord to promote their plan alongside white supremacist theories, they also used the platform to discuss potential predominantly Black locations to carry out their attack as well. “The terror attack in Buffalo has once again revealed the depths and danger of the online forums that spread and promote hate,” James said. “The fact that an individual can post detailed plans to commit such an act of hate without consequence, and…

The online livestreaming platform Twitch is under scrutiny after an 18-year-old shooter broadcast his attack on the platform.

So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD to fans) returns for Season 17 this May after being off screens for three years.The Fox show was last on screens in 2019, when Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Laurieann Gibson and Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval were its judges. None of them are returning for the 2022 season. Cat Deeley, however, is returning as host.The SYTYCD judges this year include a returning judge from the 2018 season, plus two figures brand new to the judging panel (though not new to judging dance competition shows).Stephen "tWitch" Boss, JoJo Siwa and Matthew Morrison are the new So You Think You Can Dance judges. Here's what you need to know about them—and why the Fox show has replaced its judging panel.Who are the new judges of So You Think You Can Dance? Stephen "tWitch" Boss, left, JoJo Siwa, center, and Matthew Morrison, right, on "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 17. The trio are the show's new judging panel. Fox Stephen "tWitch" BossThe only judge to have previously appeared on the SYTYCD judging panel, tWitch starred alongside Lythgoe, Murphy and Vanessa Hudgens on Season 15 of the show. He is also the host of Fox's The Real…

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The livestream gives viewers a chance to claim free food and rewards. by Natasha Bach / Added 4 hours ago Jack in the Box partnered with marketing agency Zoned Gaming on the campaign. SAN DIEGO: Want the drive-thru experience but don’t want to leave the comfort of your own couch?Jack in the Box is here to help. The quick-service chain launched a virtual drive-thru on Twitch for a limited time. Available on Twitch from May 10-17, the 24/7 livestream offers viewers an opportunity to claim free food and rewards.The experience is intended to simulate an actual trip through a Jack in the Box drive-thru. Viewers stop by the channel, watch the simulation and scan a QR code to download the Jack in the Box app, where they can redeem free food and prizes using the code GAMER before proceeding to watch their favorite creators on Twitch. Over the course of the week, the restaurant chain is also highlighting up-and-coming Twitch creators on their own channels as well as across their other social accounts.Jack in the Box partnered with marketing agency Zoned Gaming to design and execute the experience. “While most brands want to tie themselves to the same metrics as top creators,…

The Buffalo shooting has focused attention on the role of Twitch, the gaming platform used by the gunman to broadcast a live stream of the massacre, amid renewed calls for tighter regulation of social media platforms.Twitch allows creators, many with millions of followers, to stream themselves playing video games, chatting with fans, or simply going about their daily lives.The Buffalo suspect, a self-confessed white supremacist who allegedly shot 11 Black and two white victims, killing 10 people, in what authorities said was a racially motivated hate crime, used a Twitch channel to livestream the assault from a helmet camera.Amazon-owned Twitch said it took down the video within two minutes of the violence starting, but by that time it was already being shared elsewhere including on Facebook and Twitter. In a statement issued to the New York Times, Angela Hession, Twitch’s vice-president of trust and safety, said the site’s reaction was a “very strong response time considering the challenges of live content moderation, and shows good progress”.The fragmentary nature of modern social media platforms has added to the moderation difficulties. As news of the shooting went viral on TikTok, the platform’s moderators battled to take down uploads of the footage –…