#TwitchDoBetter trending as Twitch streamers flag racist bots & \u2018hate raids\u2019 Pexels \/ TwitchSocial media is rallying against Twitch as streamers call on the platform to address a recent trend where bots spam racist messages in chat. Centered on bots and \u2018hate raids,\u2019 the community has begun asking that #TwitchDoBetter. Twitch\u2019s Terms of Service condemn any \u201chateful conduct,\u201d which specifies any activity that includes discrimination based on \u2018race, ethnicity, and color.\u2019 As such, there are barriers to the free speech enjoyed by the Twitch community and the platform is publicly opposed to racist language. Unfortunately, bigots and follow bots are nothing new to the Twitch world and an unknown entity is creating numerous free accounts to harass Black streamers with racist chat spam. With Apex Legends streamer Solo being the latest victim of this harassment, #TwitchDoBetter has begun trending on Twitter as people stand in solidarity demanding change. Viewers and streamers alike are hoping Twitch can become a safer space by heightening security measures. (Content warning: inflammatory racist language used in screenshots below.) And it’s happened again. This is absolutely enough. If you’re taking 1\/2 of our income then why are marginalized people still subject to lackluster safety protocols?#TwitchDoBetter <\u2013 use the hashtag, don't just retweet https:\/\/t.co\/aYin88chwl \u2014 Raven's Not Here. (@RavenousTales_) August 9, 2021 Initially tweeted by Solo, RekItRaven follows by asking Twitch a direct question: \u201cIf you\u2019re taking half of our income, then why are marginalized people still subject to lackluster safety protocols?\u201d The existing protocols are already considered insufficient, as evidenced by the chat spam Solo was subjected to. Those messages, from various \u2018soyboy\u2019 bot accounts, essentially dehumanized Black people while bypassing Twitch auto-moderation with a misspelling of George Floyd. Understandably, Solo responded to the spam by calling the botters \u201cpathetic f**king scum,\u201d and has since begun using tools like Commanderroot to address the situation. Still, this is an unsatisfactory solution for most, who believe Twitch ought to take a stronger stance and enforce their ToS more proactively. All of my friends are getting hate raids lately. #TwitchDoBetter. Make the platform safe for us, first and foremost. And give us a bigger cut of the revenue as well. The amount of trolls and harassment marginalized streamers put up with does not make 50% sub revenue worth it. \u2014 chonki \ud83d\udc7b (@chonkikage) August 9, 2021 Another issue that this hashtag has brought attention to is the problem of \u201chate raids,\u201d where users flood streamers with abusive language and derail the stream. Like the bot spam problem, people are hoping Twitch can be more active in preventing this sort of behavior. As RekItRaven and many across social media have illustrated though, Twitch is the one making money off of streamers and those creators shouldn\u2019t have to find third-party help to avoid hate speech. At the moment, the platform\u2019s representatives have yet to respond to the situation \u2014 but the trending hashtag has a clear goal: get Twitch to take action and make their platform a safer space for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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