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 ...

Twitch is grappling with a security crisis as numerous streamers report account compromises, with attackers altering payout ...

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 ...

Twitch has filed a lawsuit against seven makers of "view-bots, follow-bots, and chat-impersonation bots" designed to artificially inflate the viewer and follower counts of Twitch streamers. Bots are a ...

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the Game Rant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...

One of the more unacceptable things to occur in regards to livestreaming on Twitch has been the absolute flood of racist and homophobic bot programs that have plagued the platform. Twitch’s early ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Back in 2016, Twitch announced that it was taking legal action against seven of the most active sellers of view bots, software used to make Twitch ...

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 ...

Users of social media sites bulk-buying fake and bot followers to make themselves appear more popular is nothing new. The practice is a common one on the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and ...

Surely we have all at least heard of Twitch by now. For the as-yet uninitiated: imagine you had your own TV channel. What would you do on it? Although Twitch really got going as a place for gamers to ...