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Tectone became the latest streamer to become a victim of swatting, and he has revealed the reason why police barged into his ...
Some targeted US Twitch streamers in Texas, California, Florida, and Ohio, as well as some in Canada and the UK, told the Post they want to see the platform take stronger action to prevent swatting.
Popular Twitch streamer Clix, who has over 7.8 million followers on the platform, recently experienced a swatting incident while IRL streaming at a mall.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Popular streamer DDG was at the center of a tense and confusing scene in Southern California over the weekend. On Sunday, August 10, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's ...
In 2018, a 28-year-old man named Andrew Finch was shot and killed by a SWAT team on his porch after a streamer, involved in an online dispute, gave out a false address that was actually Finch's.
Rapper and YouTuber DDG posted on social media that sheriff's deputies drew their weapons and briefly detained him in what he ...
For example, in August 2014, YouTuber Jordan "Kootra" Mathewson was swatted while live streaming Counter-Strike: Global Offensives matches on Twitch.
Swatting streamers is an unfortunate trend that’s surfaced with the rise of streaming itself, and past incidents have shown the consequences and dangers of what some people seem to think is a prank.
This past Saturday, the popular League of Legends-focused Twitch streamer Trick2g was putting on an elaborate 24-hour live event to commemorate the fact that he’d amassed 800,000 followers. He ...