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 ...

Twitch has just about had it with bots that artificially inflate view counts for videos. In fact, it’s taking the makers of such bots to court. In a post published to the Twitch Blog on Friday, ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Twitch discovered 7.5 million bots that were follow-botting or view-botting, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Are your views on Twitch down? It might not be your fault — blame the viewbots, or lack thereof. Last month, Twitch said in a post on X that it would crack down on viewbots, which are essentially bots ...

Twitch is suing seven bot-makers whose wares artificially inflate viewer and follower counts of the livestreaming service's members. The action was announced as part of a general declaration of Twitch ...