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Amazon’s Twitch Faces Allegations of Antisemitism After Blocking Israeli Users

Amazon’s popular livestreaming platform Twitch has apologized after Israeli users discovered they were unable to create new accounts, sparking accusations of antisemitism against the company. The company is also under fire for hosting a panel in which pro-Palestinian streamers ranked their peers from “Arab” to “Loves Sabra,” a reference to Israeli-born Jews.

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Conservatives Critique Arkansas Social Media Safety Act over Google Exemption

Arkansas has joined Utah and Texas in passing a bill requiring age verification for children using social media in this case the Social Media Safety Act. However, the law has attracted criticism from some conservative policy analysts over its explicit carve out for the biggest social media platform for teenagers: Google-owned YouTube.

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Amazon-Owned Streaming Platform Twitch Confirms Massive Data Leak

Amazon’s live-streaming platform Twitch recently fell victim to a major leak that exposed the site’s source code, top streamer’s earnings, and more. The company acknowledged the leak, stating: “We have learned that some data was exposed to the internet due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party. Our teams are working with urgency to investigate the incident.”

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Anti-Defamation League: Amazon’s Twitch Should Censor Even More

The far-left Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has said that Twitch, the Amazon-owned video streaming platform, should invest even more resources into censorship tools — even after the platform twice banned Donald Trump, first temporarily during the campaign season, and then permanently in January.

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Twitch Appoints ADL-Linked ‘Trans Deer-Girl’ to Safety Advisory Council

Amazon-owned live-streaming site Twitch has reportedly appointed a transgender “deer-girl” with links to the ADL to its “Safety Advisory Council.” The streamer, known as “FerociouslySteph” on the site, argues that voice chat in video games is a tool of oppression and that “a lot of you gamers are actually white supremacists.”

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