Dexerto

Twitch CEO admits viewbot clampdown is “tricky” despite big changes

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy admitted it’s “tricky” to deal with viewbots and pointed to some other platforms that are having issues with them.
Mashable

How the Twitch viewbot crackdown is hitting viewership stats

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 ...
Engadget

Twitch is purging 7.5 million bots that inflated view and follower counts

Twitch has discovered over 7.5 million bot accounts that have been inflating streamer stats, the Amazon-owned company tweeted. It has now started removing those accounts and warned users that "you may ...
AOL

Top Twitch streamers call on company to fix a hack that lets users rack up fake views and defraud advertisers: ‘It’s just yucky and deceptive’

There’s an open secret among users of Twitch, the Amazon-owned video streaming service used mostly for e-sports streaming: They can embed their streams onto third-party websites to inflate the number ...
Sportskeeda

'Almost obvious': xQc accuses agencies of view-botting streamers for higher ad revenue following Twitch's reported crackdown on viewbots

Twitch streamer Felix "xQc" has alleged that organizations often viewbot their talents so that, by artificially inflating the streamers' metrics, they can sell "massive" advertisement packages and ...