Recently, game-streaming site Twitch has been in the news on a few occasions when its users have been seen being confronted by police. This has typically happened due to a "swatting" attack—meaning, when a false police report has been filed so that perpetrators can watch an unnecessary confrontation over a streamer's webcam feed.
But what about when the reverse happens—when a terrible, illegal-seeming action is captured on a Twitch user's live stream, and police action isn't immediately forthcoming?
The question arose on Tuesday as disturbing audio began circulating across the Internet, which was attributed to a Twitch account that has since been "closed... due to terms of service violations." The audio is about as vile as you can imagine, with sexual insults being shouted by a man while a woman screams for help; apparently, the audio recording was left running on Twitch after its video had been turned off. Videos circulating online include the username "joedaddy505" and show a Twitch chat room attached to the audio's live feed that include details that match up with the discernible audio.
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