Published , by Asif Khan
Published , by Asif Khan
Artifact is not a remotely popular game, and the result on Twitch has been really troubling. Over the past few weeks, Twitch streamers have started going live in the Artifact section of the platform with content that is not actually gameplay from the CCG. Viewers have been treated to pornographic content, and a lot of other bizarre things, but today someone streamed footage of the terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stream stayed live for thirty minutes before Twitch ultimately had it taken down.
Rod Breslau immediately reported the stream via Twitch, and then took to Twitch to signal boost what was happening on the Artifact section of the streaming service. He had pointed out pornography being streamed to thousands of people, just yesterday.
Twitch has a problem moderating Artifact channels, and trolls are running wild in there. It is pretty easy to get to the top of the Artifact section these days with unrelated content. Rod's tweet ultimately got the attention of Twitch, and the rebroadcast of the terror attack was halted, but it ran for 30 minutes before anything was done. That is unacceptable, and hopefully this is a wakeup call to all live streaming platforms about the dangers of poorly moderated user-generated content streams.
"People have been messing with the abandoned Artifact section on Twitch for days now streaming porn, movies, and ice poseidon content. Twitch staff absolutely should have been on top of it to maker sure content like this is not broadcasted," said Breslau in a tweet.
We will not be making any mention of the channels involved in these terrible streams. It is not our job to signal boost this disgusting act, but the fact that a terror attack was rebroadcast for 30 minutes is a huge failure on the part of Twitch as a platform, and they must be held accountable.