The legal hammer is being dropped on seven of the most prolific bot-makers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Twitch has filed a ...

Users of social media sites bulk-buying fake and bot followers to make themselves appear more popular is nothing new. The practice is a common one on the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The defendants offer to add hundreds of viewers to your Twitch streams for a monthly fee. I’m the deputy managing editor of the hardware team at PCMag.com. Reading this during the day? Then you've ...

Twitch has responded to claims that gifted subscriptions are only given to bot accounts after some streamers spotted fresh profiles getting them.

Twitch has won a key victory in its ongoing campaign against illegal bots. The firm has been awarded over $1.37m after a California judge ruled in its favour, Kotaku reports. The case was agains the ...

Viewership on Twitch is declining as the platform targets streamers using bots, but the platform disputes a 'free fall' in its numbers.

Twitch has recorded its lowest monthly viewership in five years following a crackdown on viewbots over the summer.