• Womble@piefed.world
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    The title kinda buries the lede there. I thought it was ridiculous to fine a platform just because a streamer happened to die on camera, but no, they were streaming months long abuse and torture of this guy at the hands of his co-streamers.

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      It is insane how it is even possible to live stream the torture of someone for months without any law enforcement getting involved.

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        It’s similar to fear factor—you can authorize quite a lot of things in a contract.

        The medical examiner has said that they don’t think his death was caused directly by the treatment during the stream.

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        They kinda did. The dudes were taken in as part of an ongoing investigation but were then released. I can see why it’s fared for the cops when even the victims are saying it’s by their own choice. But it’s no excuse for kick.

        https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/outcry-over-french-streamers-death-on-air-as-authorities-probe-allegations-of-abuse/

        The investigation, opened in December, is looking into “deliberate violence against vulnerable persons” and “spreading recordings of images related to offences involving deliberate violations of physical integrity,” Martinelli’s statement said. It did not specify why Pormanove could be considered vulnerable.

        The statement said two co-streamers allegedly involved in the case were briefly taken into custody in January but were released pending further investigation.

        In parallel, the Nice prosecutor said, investigators interviewed Pormanove and one of his co-streamers who both appeared to be victims of violence and humiliation. They “strongly denied being victims of violence, stating that the events were staged in order to `generate a buzz’ and make money.”

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      OK, but - could he not leave? Or say “i do not want to”? I don’t get it

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      If that is the case then I’d like to see how aware they were of what was happening. I’d push for criminal charges against management in that case.

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        Kick CEO was a top 5 donor to the channel in question. Not only did they know, they actively encouraged it.