YouTube channels focused on Nintendo games, like Domtendo’s, are facing fake DMCA takedowns from individuals posing as Nintendo representatives. Despite Nintendo’s strict copyright enforcement, the authenticity of these claims has been questioned as they originate from non-official email addresses. YouTube remains largely unresponsive to these ongoing issues.
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Sakein is launching a fundraising campaign through Twitch to support the Wounded Warrior Project, aimed at raising $500 for veterans in need. Donations will fund services like counseling and workshops. Sakein invites viewers to participate in streams, donate, or spread the word to help improve veterans’ lives.
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Twitch is updating its policy to require streamers to label broadcasts that discuss politically-charged content. This change aims to distinguish streams addressing issues like civil rights and elections, particularly as political figures utilize the platform ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The policy follows controversies surrounding political discussions on Twitch.
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Dr Disrespect made changes to his social media, removing a suggestive image and replacing it with a more generic one, aiming for a comeback after admitting to inappropriate messages with a minor that led to his Twitch ban. Despite facing challenges, he plans to resume streaming, but the reception is mixed, with sponsors dropping him.
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Dr Disrespect, facing allegations of misconduct and being banned from Twitch, announced a hiatus from streaming and his position at Midnight Society. He cited fatigue and burnout, expressing a desire for something new. Despite denying the allegations, he was swiftly terminated from Midnight Society. The studio cited the need to uphold principles and standards.
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These are the biggest streamers covering Last Epoch. The hack-and-slash action title Last Epoch is being streamed by many big creators like Shroud and Quin69, who are broadcasting the game to tens of thousands of viewers at a time. Last Epoch, developed by Eleventh Hour Games, is focused on strong RPG elements and is based […]
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The features will arrive this fall. It’s probably safe to say no one could have predicted that LinkedIn would add Stories before Twitch, but here we are. Nearly eight years after Instagram lifted the feature from Snapchat, Twitch announced Saturday that its own users will be able to begin recording Stories starting later this year. At its TwitchCon Paris event, […]
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And don’t you dare think about smoking pot without a label! Twitch has added mandatory content labels for all streamers so that viewers “can make informed choices”, and gone into some detail about what behaviours it wants labelled from now on. The labels replace the existing “Mature Content” toggle and can be applied or removed at […]
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Just one day after the new branded content policy was announced, Twitch has dropped the plan. Just one day after announcing planned changes to its branded content guidelines which established tight limits on how streamers would be allowed to run ads on their channels, Twitch is dropping the whole thing, saying the updated guidelines “are bad for […]
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‘The top 100 streamers on Twitch just got told they’re not allowed to make 80 percent of their revenue the way they’re used to making it.’ On June 6, popular streaming service Twitch rolled out a set of new advertisement rules that spell trouble for streamers large and small. The rules are directly related to […]
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