Amid a rise in harassment campaigns carried out by automated bots, companies like Twitch are resorting to a more targeted approach—less “ban hammer,” and more like a bunch of little ban daggers.

One of the more unacceptable things to occur in regards to livestreaming on Twitch has been the absolute flood of racist and homophobic bot programs that have plagued the platform. Twitch’s early ...

Twitch has been under heavy fire for the better part of the last few months, as bot raids have become an increasing issue on the livestreaming platform. Creators and their moderators have had their ...