Dan Clancy

Trigger warning: This post talks about child predation and sexual abuse.Back in September 2022, it was revealed that popular streaming platform Twitch was being used by child predators to track and, in some cases, groom young streamers. Not…

As December 2023 was underway, some streamers cleverly thought to play around with Twitch’s restrictions around nudity, broadcasting in such a fashion that implied they were completely naked on camera. Twitch, in response, began banning…

Streaming platform Twitch recently announced a change to its sexual content policies that allowed some forms of fictionalized nudity—such as digital characters, sculptures, or drawings—as long as it was properly labeled. But now, just a few…

Twitch is shutting down operations in Korea, effective February 27, 2024.The video game streaming service posted the announcement on its website, in which Twitch CEO Daniel Clancy explained that operations in Korea have been “prohibitively…

Twitch’s mid-life platform crisis continues. After rolling out controversial new 50/50 revenue splits for top streamers last fall, the massively popular online gaming hangout isnow announcing a new “Partner Plus Program” that will return…

Emmett Shear is no longer the boss of Twitch. After 16 long years punctuated by various controversies, the co-founder and only CEO the Amazon-owned streaming platform has ever known announced he’s stepping down to spend more time with his…