Dozens of streamers have come out with allegations that they were abused by men on the platform.
"When someone brings up sexual assault allegations against a partner and Twitch doesn’t do anything to punish that partner, that’s part of the cycle of abuse," she said."Conversely there are the really good partners who are using their platforms to combat that and that’s something we need to have more of."
One of the women who came forward is Erin Marie Hall, know as YourStarling on Twitch. She is also an Affiliate and usually streams using Twitch's karaoke platform, Twitch Sings. "The number of times I fell asleep after having a panic attack on the bathroom floor, alone in the dark, not knowing how I could get out, I can’t even count," she said.
Her former boyfriend said the tweet was a"kneejerk" mistake that was deleted within five minutes and that he told Twitch himself that it had been a mistake. He blames Hall for circulating it herself and said Twitch's guidelines about"witch hunts" made it so he could not respond.
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