Apparently a high profile streamer was recently sexually assaulted on camera at twitch con.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWIXyUUqKz0
the streamer goes into detail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLrxuSS33xg
EDIT: original stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USuIpVAqAw
The offender was escorted away by private security hired by the streamer herself, not twitch security. They have yet to find the perp, but twitch supposedly banned him (meaning twitch knows who he is and haven't notified police).
Twitch had dealt with stalkers before, and their response was to ban the private security guards who fought off the creeps. They put out messaging claiming their security is top notch, then blame the victims for not moderating their streams, as if that does anything to stop real creeps at real meetups.
The incompetence and deflection, combined with the business model of twitch streams, leads me to believe twitch knows who their primary audience is: stalkers and molesters willing to fork over 5$ to get the streamer to say their name.
It's both. They promised Twitchcon would have good security. They have Twitch security there, who didn't do their jobs. It's true everyone, including streamers, are responsible for their own safety, and should know the risks of all things in life, but when you go to an event with their own security, and your main security guy is banned...it's on Twitch to protect you. They didn't.
It's just like in society; if the government says you can't defend yourself, and their people will handle things, and something happens to you, it is the government that failed too.
Yeah, it is certainly a weird situation. Not familiar with the streamer, but from what I've seen the content certainly isn't for me. It's true she knows she's creating parasocial relationships, and weirdos will want to do things to her. It's still true that doesn't justify the assault either, though. Which I know isn't what you're saying.
Anyway, point is, sure, she knew the risks. Doesn't make it any less evil that Twitch - who definitely have a a duty to protect people at their own event, much less protect their streamers who are (sort of) employees - is trying to dodge all responsibility for what is, almost completely, their failure. They fucked up by not defending one of the most obvious points of attack, while banning the other people who should have been protecting her.
Yup, also true.
It really is sad, though. No matter how you feel about these people, some of the shit their fans do to them are awful to hear about. Plenty of people have been stalked, attacked, airtagged, and so much more. That still sucks.
Its the classic hooker problem. Where they get treated like literal disposable trash by so many people out in this world, but sympathy for them is so low (often justifiably so) that cops just straight say "no humans involved" when one of them is killed.
knowing the entertainment industry, there have definitely been killings by twitch stalkers as well.