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NRL and Youtube stars reach settlement in FTX class-action lawsuit: Report
17.9.2023
NRL star Trevor Lawrence and YouTubers Kevin Paffrath and Tom Nash have reportedly opted to settle with investors who alleged they were misled by their FTX promotions
YouTube Influencers Face $1 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit Over FTX Endorsements – Who's Caught in the Crossfire?
17.3.2023
A number of high-profile crypto and finance YouTubers are involved in a class-action lawsuit for promoting the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
The lawsuit’s plaintiff is Edwin Garrison, who is seeking $1 billion in damages because the YouTubers “promoted FTX crypto fraud without...
Twitch Streamer Banned A Month After Making Threats, Flashing Gun On Camera
27.7.2022
G5_Sin, a Twitch streamer with a smidge over six thousand followers, grimaced and showed his gun to the camera. Read more
Twitch Pledges To Make Ban Notifications More Transparent, Streamers Are Skeptical
26.5.2022
In a recent Washington Post article, Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch said it is working on making ban notification emails, an ongoing issue for content creators, more transparent and concise. One option under consideration is the inclusion of clips in enforcement emails, though the concept...
Top Twitch Streamers Are Capitalizing On Depp V. Heard Trial Trauma
6.5.2022
If you’ve visited Twitch lately, you may have noticed that the most-popular “Just Chatting” category and the front page have been dominated by one thing: the defamation trial between actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp. What started on April 11 as an in-court battle recounting a toxic relationship...
Big-Name Streamer Sykkuno Ditched Twitch Partly Because It Misspelled His Name
5.5.2022
Sykkuno, one of Twitch’s top streamers known for his wholesome demeanor and for playing games like Among Us and GTA Online, left the Amazon-owned platform for the red pastures of YouTube Gaming this month. The move shocked the livestreaming space because Sykkuno was something of a household name...
Twitch Streamer xQc Claims He Lost Over $1.8 Million Gambling Last Month
5.5.2022
Popular Twitch streamer xQc recently admitted that he lost $1.8 million to gambling over the last month. After news of his losses spread online, his dad called him during a stream to ask if he was okay and to express how worried he was about the streamer’s gambling problems. Read more
Streamers Aren't Liking Twitch's Potential Moneymaking Idea
28.4.2022
Twitch is reportedly considering major changes to the monetization practices that streamers are upset about because the potentially lopsided percentages work out to pad Twitch’s bottom line.Read more
After Watching Dr Disrespect Play Chess, Hikaru Nakamura Gets Banned On Twitch
23.3.2022
Popular chess streamer and Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura thought it would be okay to watch Dr Disrespect play chess on Twitch. He was wrong, it seems. A chess prodigy, the five-time US champion is one of the best in the world. At age ten, he was then the youngest American to beat an International...
Sadako From The Ring Is Now A YouTuber
8.3.2022
Wonder what everyone’s favorite vengeful spirit is up to? When not climbing out of televisions and appearing in Dead by Daylight, she’s making YouTube clips. That’s right, Sadako is now a YouTuber. Read more
Popular Virtual YouTuber's Contract Terminated For Allegedly Leaking Private Info
25.2.2022
VTuber (Virtual YouTuber) agency Hololive Production has nixed its agreement with popular virtual streamer Uruha Rushia for allegedly violating her contract and leaking private information.Read more
VTuber Ironmouse Is Breaking All Kinds Of Twitch Records
22.2.2022
Twitch has a new rising star, one that’s quickly surpassed the platform’s highest performers like Hasanabi and xQc in some respects. Her name is Ironmouse, and she’s a virtual pink-haired anime VTuber that’s been doing an uncapped subathon for going on 18 days now. She has also broken a bunch...
Twitch Star Ninja Threatens Pokimane With Legal Action For Alleged 'Harassment'
18.1.2022
In an unnecessary turn of events, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is threatening fellow streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys with defamation of character charges. Welcome to 2022, yall. Things are about to get wild from here on out.Read more
Disguised Toast Banned From Twitch For Watching Death Note Anime
11.1.2022
On Monday, variety streamer Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang was banned from Twitch for watching Death Note, a 2007 Shonen anime licensed by Viz Media. What many hoped was only a short ban, especially after Imane “Pokimane” Anys was suspended for just 48 hours for a similar act, might stretch to...
Pokimane Temporarily Banned On Twitch After Streaming Avatar: The Last Airbender
8.1.2022
Pokimane, one of Twitch’s biggest and most popular streamers with over 8.5 million followers, was banned from the platform last night while streaming herself watching the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. The ban is temporary, according to Pokimane, but is a sign that Twitch’s growing “TV Meta”...
Gordon Ramsay Had Apparently Never Heard Of Twitch Before Meeting This Cooking Streamer
4.1.2022
If you spend any time on the internet then you probably know about or have used the livestreaming platform Twitch. That doesn’t hold true of everyone, though, as popular TV chef Gordon Ramsay had no idea what Twitch is, if his comments on a recent episode of his new show Next Level Chef are to...
Despite Breaking Records, Ludwig And Other Streamers Who Jumped Ship Aren't In Twitch's 2021 Recap
16.12.2021
Apparently, the rivalry between Twitch and YouTube is so cutthroat that Twitch has dipped into revisionist history with some of its former streamers. Ludwig, DrLupo, and TimTheTatman were removed from Twitch’s end of the year celebratory recap event. Read more
Streamer Has Said 'Mario' 345,000 Times Over The Last Few Days
7.12.2021
If you have ever wanted to hear a word repeated so many times that it loses all meaning to you (semantic satiation, it’s a real thing), then please enjoy this stream of a man who has committed himself to saying the word “Mario” over half a million times.Read more
Twitch's Best Virtual Bartender Wants To Help Viewers With Addiction
6.12.2021
It’s not every day that you hear about a VTubing bartender whose goal is not to encourage people to get shitfaced but rather to help them avoid overindulging their vices. But, then, Twitch streamer Takahata101 isn’t your average VTuber. Previously a gaming streamer, on New Year’s Eve of 2020...
Ludwig Leaves Twitch For YouTube Gaming
30.11.2021
Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren, who in April set a world record for the highest number of subscribers—at over 270,000—has left the platform and will now be streaming exclusively at YouTube Gaming.Read more