Trans Twitch streamer Keffals shuts down troll forum Kiwi Farms | Metro News

Trans Twitch streamer Keffals has finally won the battle against troll forum Kiwi Farms and is now ‘celebrating their demise.’  Canadian trans streamer Clara ‘Keffals’ Sorrenti started streaming video games in 2021 and has since turned to Just Chatting to discuss trans-rights activism and politics.  Since then, her channel has grown to almost 50,000 followers, grabbing the attention of troll forum Kiwi Farms, which has repeatedly tried swatting her.   In August 2022 Keffals even got taken into custody, due to fake claims that she possessed a firearm and had already killed her own mother.  Swatting and doxxing are still very serious problems within the Twitch community, with many top creators suffering from this form of dangerous pranks.   Not long ago, top Twitch streamer xQc had to move house because the police kept showing up to his doorstep, after trolls found out his address. What is Swatting? Swatting refers to making hoax calls to the police, or other emergency services, reporting a major incident, with the hope that an armed SWAT team will be sent to an address. For obvious reasons, Swatting is most common in the US but it does happen elsewhere as well and is frequently used…
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