Fake copyright claim takes down Twitch’s biggest political streamers during Democratic debate
A fake copyright infringement claim resulted in the removal of some of Twitch’s biggest political channels.
On Tuesday night, a number of popular left-leaning Twitch streamers found their channels shut down during their livestream coverage of the South Carolina Democratic Primary Debate.
Tens of thousands of viewers were following along with the debate across these Twitch channels.
... It’s not unusual for big brands and major corporations to work with a third-party firm to file DMCA takedown requests. However, the affected streamers quickly noticed something was strange this time around.
For starters, Praxis Political Legal’s domain name was registered just a little over two weeks ago. The domain name forwarded to a free website creation service, Carrd.co, where a bare-bones website was set up. The site contained little to no information about the firm, only providing vague descriptions of the services it offered, along with a contact page that offered no contact information.
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A fake copyright infringement claim resulted in the removal of some of Twitch’s biggest political channels.
On Tuesday night, a number of popular left-leaning Twitch streamers found their channels shut down during their livestream coverage of the South Carolina Democratic Primary Debate.
Tens of thousands of viewers were following along with the debate across these Twitch channels.
... It’s not unusual for big brands and major corporations to work with a third-party firm to file DMCA takedown requests. However, the affected streamers quickly noticed something was strange this time around.
For starters, Praxis Political Legal’s domain name was registered just a little over two weeks ago. The domain name forwarded to a free website creation service, Carrd.co, where a bare-bones website was set up. The site contained little to no information about the firm, only providing vague descriptions of the services it offered, along with a contact page that offered no contact information.
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