Twitch is hitting back. Twitch Interactive Inc. is suing the anonymous trolls who launched a content assault on the popular streaming platform last month by flooding it with violent videos, copyrighted movies and shows, and pornography, according to Bloomberg.
Among the incidents that were cited included a controversial livestream of the massacres at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 51 people dead and 49 injured back in March.
Twitch has said that it works hard to remove offensive posts and ban the accounts of the users who post them, but that the videos quickly reappear, posted by bots who are supported by other bots that work to direct people to the content.
In response, Twitch temporarily suspended new creators from streaming following the May 25th “troll attack”.
The case is Twitch Interactive, Inc. v. John and Jane Does 1 through 100, 3:19-cv-03418, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco), and Twitch will ask the court to prohibit them from using the platform and order them to pay restitution and damages.
