Amid a rise in harassment campaigns carried out by automated bots, companies like Twitch are resorting to a more targeted approach—less “ban hammer,” and more like a bunch of little ban daggers.

A new cybersecurity scare is putting content creators on high alert after a hacker claimed to have stolen and put up for sale the personal information of roughly 40,000 Twitch streamers on the dark ...

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 ...

Back in 2016, Twitch began to seriously crack down on view botting services by launching a lawsuit against seven view bot creators. View bots are often used to artificially inflate view numbers and ...

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the GameRant team, having been part of the publication for over 17 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and helps manage its social media, ...

Making a name for oneself on the popular video game streaming network Twitch is a bit of a rough job these days, particularly with around 100 million monthly visitors struggling for attention. To ...

The creator of software designed to artificially inflate a streamer's viewer count on Twitch has effectively had his business shuttered by a California judge's ruling. Support streamers the ...