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 responded to claims that gifted subscriptions are only given to bot accounts after some streamers spotted fresh ...

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 ...

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 ...

Twitch has recorded its lowest monthly viewership in five years following a crackdown on viewbots over the summer.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...