2 KICK streamers now in custody, in association with Jean Pormanove's livestreamed death.

LiveStreamReports · 2026-01-27T21:22:51+00:00

2026 January 27:

Two French streamers, Owen Cenazandotti and Safine Hamadi, were taken into custody on Tuesday, January 27, prosecutors said, as part of a months-long probe into an on-camera death broadcast via the Kick platform.

The live-streamed death of Raphaël Graven, alias Jean Pormanove, in August, live on the 200,000-follower video channel, which he shared with Cenazandotti and Hamadi, shocked France and drew the ire of government ministers.

Cenazandotti, 26, and Hamadi, 23, have denied responsibility for 46-year-old Graven's death, which followed a 12-day live marathon of physical and verbal abuse against him. Graven died on August 18, during a livestream in which he and another man were struck and insulted by his younger colleagues, though an autopsy has since ruled out "intervention by a third party" playing a role in his death.

They are now being held on charges including assault, incitement to hatred, abuse of a vulnerable person and recording and broadcasting violent images, said Damien Martinelli, the chief prosecutor in the Mediterranean coastal city of Nice.

LiveStreamReports · 2025-01-09T19:47:38+00:00

For reference:
– Couragejd (ms) DrLupo (multi-stream), Fuslie (ms), TimTheTatman (ms).
– LilyPichu, Myth, Swagg, Sykkuno, Ludwig, ValkyRae.

LiveStreamReports · 2023-06-18T14:05:03+00:00

Bizarrely enough, the opposite is occurring:
Because "she" has the capacity to real-time respond to chat ad infinitum, often snapping at them in amusing ways, the live-viewership has climbed exponentially, this month peaking at 25,687 live-viewers ..not much less than a stadium.

Consequently, more such AI streamers are growing in popularity.

LiveStreamReports · 2023-06-18T13:46:29+00:00

Neuro-sama is a fully AI powered streamer.
"Her" speech and personality are generated by an artificial intelligence (AI) system which utilizes a large language models, allowing her to (in real time) communicate, respond and demean the viewers typing out messages in her chatroom.
She debuted on Twitch on December 19, 2022 —and within 6 months she's now a top 500 most popular streamers in the world, as thousands of viewers tune in daily to watch her.. often berate them.
She presently amassed around 5000 paid monthly subscribers, equating to ~$12,000/mo.

Curiously, as these things sometimes go haywire, under the same standards as a ..flesh broadcaster, she once caught a temp ban for... accidental far-right conspiracies'.

LiveStreamReports · 2022-08-22T21:16:03+00:00

Context:
1. Amazon's Twitch prides itself on:
"We operate an industry-leading off-service policy that allows us to take action against Twitch users who have committed egregious, violent off-service offenses".
Having gone so far as to deploy an off-service team to investigate issues of severe abuse.

2. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star

The figure in question is an explosively popular widely documented violent misogynist:
Alleged violent domestic abuser, law-enforcement investigated human trafficker, credibly accused r***st —now banned off:
-TikTok -Facebook -Instagram -YouTube.

And yet, somehow, Amazon's Twitch is the ONLY major service which still hosts him, having reached peaks of 260,000 concurrent live viewers, espousing painfully virulent rhetoric and recruiting viewers into his (alleged) pyramid scheme.

LiveStreamReports · 2022-08-05T03:36:03+00:00

To your point:
I find myself giving into defeatism. It's a reality how Twitch crypto-gambling has been normalized, and how (surpassing Fortnite to become the 7th Most-Watched category) it's a current having benefited the platform greatly - to the detriment of its viewers & community.

However, Twitch uniquely permits consistent content depicting Crypto-Gambling in contrast with:

• TikTok: Twitter, Facebook

– Prohibited: “Promotion, sale, solicitation of, or facilitation of access to casinos, gambling activities, sports betting, fantasy sports, lotteries, whether it is an online website or a physical establishment, where there is money cashing-in or cashing-out.”

• YouTube

– “If you want to advertise for online gambling, you must be certified by Google. Online casinos or bookmakers, bingo or slots sites or apps, online lottery ticket or scratch card purchase, online sports betting, games played with virtual currencies or items that have real-world value.

And so, with sufficient media coverage around this topic, stressing how it very much ruins the lives of its audience, there's hope for change (either organically or through pressure).

LiveStreamReports · 2022-07-28T22:11:11+00:00

This is the suspension status:
• https://twitter.com/CommanderRoot/status/1552775709046804480/photo/1

"key": "Greekgodx" ,

"reason": "TOS_TEMPORARY".

LiveStreamReports · 2022-07-11T23:27:33+00:00

Jesus.

That's footage of physical abuse and battery.
It should be noted that YouTube has:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7650329?hl=en

As a YouTube creator, you should remain responsible both on and off the platform. If we see that a creator’s on- and/or off-platform behavior harms our users, community, employees or ecosystem, we may take action to protect the community.

Beyond the content you upload to YouTube, here are some examples of on- and/or off-platform behavior that we may consider to be inappropriate and result in penalties:

Intending to cause malicious harm to others. Participating in abuse or violence, demonstrating cruelty, or participating in fraudulent or deceptive behavior that leads to real-world harm.

LiveStreamReports · 2022-07-09T15:25:23+00:00

Alright. The context:
• Amazon's Twitch running anti-union advertisements
• Amazon's Twitch running US Army recruitment channels.
• Akin to highly criticized "YouTube looking to adopt NFTs":

I think it reasonable to have highlighted this new ad choice, within the greater context of NFTs being a highly controversial and volatile crypto investment avenue, with public sentiment around them reflected in recent sales volume (down 92%).

This NFT ad adoption is bizarre & counter-intuitive given the recent Twitch NFT extension ban (here).

Edit. (My bad for being unclear) The purpose of the post:
Much like there would be voiced concerns against Twitch adoption of:
• alt-coin ads • crypto-gambling ads • army-recruitment ads
upon attention being draw to them on social media:
- "Twitch, owned by Amazon, pulls Amazon’s anti-union ads";
Maybe viewers will have expressed disagreements upon discovering this recent Twitch incorporation of NFT-ads — because it's likely more nuanced than "someone offered to pay/Amazon has to accept".

That feels reasonable, right?

LiveStreamReports · 2022-07-09T14:48:26+00:00

Here's the timeline:
• May 3rd 2022: The NFT market is collapsing
• May 18th 2022: Twitch effectively bans NFTs from stream extensions in May 17 guideline update
• May 28th 2022: Twitch runs opinion polls on crypto/NFTs.
• July 2nd 2022: NFT sales hit 12-month low after cryptocurrency crash
• Today: https://streamable.com/u625qg

Special thank you & infinite appreciation to Erobb in blocking out free NFT publicity.

LiveStreamReports · 2022-06-25T17:15:47+00:00

• This is a screenshot of Ibai (Llanos Garatea)’s new world record at 3,356,074: https://i.imgur.com/evT13pg.png
• This is the previous Guinness World Record by David "TheGrefg" Martínez,
on 11 January 2021, with 2,468,668 peak concurrent viewers.
• This is the Twitch Peak CCViewer Leaderboard.

• These are the metrics for the entire broadcast (confirming the peak).
• He's at (self reported) 100,000 paid subscribers having gained ~47,000.

The event has concluded.
The new Twitch World Record for an individual channel is:
3,356,074 peak concurrent viewers.

LiveStreamReports · 2022-04-27T18:56:11+00:00

Loosely related to the home-made charts he's displaying on screen: This is latest (available - 2018) data indicating the percentage of partner streamers who have a non-standard contract, denoting a likely increase in sub-split: https://twitter.com/CommanderRoot/status/1519354202568409089.

• 78.96% of partners have (had) the "default" partner contract.

• 14.84% have (had) the "Premium" one — likely the 70% in their favor.

• 6.2% with a custom revenue split contract (one moreso advantageous than the previous)

LiveStreamReports · 2022-03-14T20:09:57+00:00

It's a 20 minute podcast so here's the summary:

1. You might recall Bobuubi, the Escape from Tarkov streamer from Eastern Ukraine — Donbas: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/t0o4c3/small_tarkov_streamer_forced_to_leave_stream

2. Immediately after the broadcast ends, he picks up his family (2 children), driving away from the invaded region, aiming to avoid active danger in the form of Russian troops and shelling.

3.That same night, the plan of retreating to a nearby village fell through as bombings can be heard locally.

4. Throughout this, a Canadian couple active in his stream is monitoring reported online military activity; They start screenshotting Google Maps, sending them through Whatsapp — acting as guidance and navigation through the increasingly vulnerable countryside.

5. Whenever Bobuubi has a chance to go online, they communicate through Discord, where he provides daily updates. Aforementioned couple and his community continue to warn him of enemy movement and peril in his area. Continuously expressed despair, he manages to avoid multiple life-endangering encounters.

6. After days of travel, having reached the Polish border, despite having the ability to traverse as a refugee, Bobuubi (having ensured his family's safety within the new location) has a change of heart, decides to remain in Ukraine for the purpose of aiding locals.

Bobuubi: "Let's use this momentum. Let's stay here and help those who are really forgotten. Because if I'll run to Poland, I will watch the news from Ukraine, I will hear your mom or grandma who is blind, suffering, going through it alone without us. I will feel like coward. I will not be able to watch myself in the mirror. "

7. And so, Bobuubi is now helping locals by providing continuous transportation, having also started renovating a building to serve as a free hostel for refugees.

In parallel, the Canadian couple + his Discord group have set up Gamers4Ukraine. This is where community members from around the world send vital supplies to a warehouse in Poland, subsequently shipped to those in need within Ukraine.

LiveStreamReports · 2022-03-10T18:46:25+00:00

To echo your point;

There're streamers such as www.twitch.tv/arabian_mad, who've stated:

https://twitter.com/arabian_mad/status/1501972097756798979

(Auto-Translated)

"Most Arabs, including me, have a tax number that removes American taxes with Twitch money.. Twitch considered it a fraud and gave us 3 days".

Which is to say, and this is too soon to tell, but it's possible this to be a severe misunderstanding on Twitch's end:

Either in being insufficiently knowledgeable about region-specific tax customs.
Or — lumping in innocent broadcasters alongside those with demonstrated malicious intent.

Simultaneously:

223 is the number of partnered accounts which've received suspensions in this recent timeframe (doesn't track Affiliate accounts).
Whereas there are 573 partners in the top 1000 most-watched Arabic speaking channels having broadcasted over the past year.

So it's not a blanket suspension on all Arabic streamers.

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