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CultureNewsCultureNewsNew York Attorney General Investigating Twitch, Discord Following Buffalo ShootingNew York is investigating the role Twitch, 4chan, 8chan, and Discord played, and whether ‘civil or criminal…ByClaire JacksonPublishedMay 18, 2022
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ReportReportNasty YouTube Death Threat Hoax Has A Happy EndingGirlfriend Reviews exposed the hoaxers targeting them and raised a tidy sum for charityByIan WalkerPublishedJuly 27, 2021
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CultureCultureRiot Co-Founder Courageously Tweets, Deletes ‘Critical Race Theory’ Dog Whistle“Critical race theory” is the right’s latest buzz phrase in service of silencing discussion of America’s racist past…ByNathan GraysonPublishedApril 23, 2021
CultureCultureTroll Makes Up Path Of Exile Ban Over Accessibility, Is JerkThis week, a supposed player claimed to have been banned from action RPG Path of Exile for using a macro to make the…ByRiley MacLeodPublishedApril 17, 2021
CultureCultureDiscord Deleted Thousands Of Violent Extremist And Criminal Servers In 2020Thanks to the endlessly depressing extent to which covid has kept everybody trapped inside, Discord is more relevant…ByNathan GraysonPublishedApril 5, 2021
CultureCultureDiscord's r/WallStreetBets Ban Wasn't A Conspiracy, Just A Demonstration Of Platforms' PowerAfter a wild ride that took it off the tracks and onto the goddamn Rainbow Road from Mario Kart, the GameStop stock…ByNathan GraysonPublishedJanuary 28, 2021
CultureTwitchCultureTwitchTwitch's Pogchamp Removal Was Never Enough, And Now It's Turning Into A DisasterIt’s not every day you hear about an enormous platform like Twitch swatting the face of one of its most popular…ByNathan GraysonPublishedJanuary 12, 2021
CultureTwitchCultureTwitchTwitch Is Winning The Battle Against QAnon, Despite Only Suspending A Few Far-Right ChannelsEarlier this month, Twitch temporarily suspended a channel called Patriots’ Soapbox. The channel is not enormous,…ByNathan GraysonPublishedSeptember 25, 2020