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 ...

Twitch has delivered a widespread ban of 7.5 million bot accounts that have been contributing to "the rise of fake engagement" on the platform, the company said. A majority of these fakes accounts ...

Twitch has discovered over 7.5 million bot accounts that have been inflating streamer stats, the Amazon-owned company tweeted. It has now started removing those accounts and warned users that "you may ...

Many streamers on Twitch.tv are in a constant fight to acquire more viewers, followers, and subscriptions. As viewer engagement numbers increase, the potential payouts for serving ads and other ...

The Twitch platform has become one of the most popular platforms for streaming as of recent but it seems like not everyone was playing fair. Bots are already a known issue around Twitch, Amazon's ...

Streamer Asmongold has raised questions about Twitch's moderation. He suggests a secret list might protect some accounts from view-bot detection. This theory has sparked community debate. Many viewers ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the world of streaming entertainment, viewership is very important. For The Attack's Kevin ...