Twitch video gamers go offline to protest 'hate raids'

Twitch streamers organised a virtual walkout in protest of the streaming site's apparent inaction in the face of "hate raids", where viewers abuse streamers. — AFP

Users of Twitch, the world's biggest video game streaming site, staged a virtual walkout on Wednesday to voice outrage over barrages of racist, sexist and homophobic abuse on the Amazon-owned platform.

The extent of the protest remained unclear, but a TwitchTracker website indicated that there were nearly 4,000 fewer channels streaming at Twitch than the daily average for the week.