Pranksters are maliciously reporting streamers’ locations to Swat teams, and the targets of these attacks have had enough. Several prominent Twitch personalities have recently been the victims of “swatting,” and as that prank rises in popularity, concerned parties are wondering what can be done to curb the traumatic trend.
The practice of siccing Swat teams on streamers is as old as Twitch itself. As far back as 2014, we’ve been telling stories about swatting. They usually involve false accusations against streamers, home invasions caught on camera, and bewildered responses from traumatized targets.
For a while, stories about swatting were few and far between, but recently, a rash of attacks has targeted some of the most popular streamers on the web. Within a week, Keffals, Adin Ross, and iShowSpeed — all of whom reach large audiences on Twitch or YouTube Gaming — were forced to fend off Swat teams in their homes.
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The practice of siccing Swat teams on streamers is as old as Twitch itself. As far back as 2014, we’ve been telling stories about swatting. They usually involve false accusations against streamers, home invasions caught on camera, and bewildered responses from traumatized targets.
For a while, stories about swatting were few and far between, but recently, a rash of attacks has targeted some of the most popular streamers on the web. Within a week, Keffals, Adin Ross, and iShowSpeed — all of whom reach large audiences on Twitch or YouTube Gaming — were forced to fend off Swat teams in their homes.
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- 8/18/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Coffeezilla, a YouTuber with 900,000 subscribers dedicated to uncovering scams on the internet, has shared his latest investigation.
The YouTuber alleges that 27-year-old Irl streamer Paul Denino, who is known to his 742,000 subscribers as Ice Poseidon, conducted a pump-and-dump crypto scheme through a venture dubbed CxCoin.
Coffeezilla alleges that Denino promoted the coins to his fans as a long-term project that was supposed to become a donation platform for streamers. However, on Jan. 22, Coffeezilla said, Denino drained the liquidity pool, essentially killing the coin and making off with $500,000.
In an interview with Coffeezilla, in which it is unclear whether Denino knew he was being recorded, he appeared to confirm the allegations -- saying he pocketed 55% of the profits, with his developers taking the remaining 45%.
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The YouTuber alleges that 27-year-old Irl streamer Paul Denino, who is known to his 742,000 subscribers as Ice Poseidon, conducted a pump-and-dump crypto scheme through a venture dubbed CxCoin.
Coffeezilla alleges that Denino promoted the coins to his fans as a long-term project that was supposed to become a donation platform for streamers. However, on Jan. 22, Coffeezilla said, Denino drained the liquidity pool, essentially killing the coin and making off with $500,000.
In an interview with Coffeezilla, in which it is unclear whether Denino knew he was being recorded, he appeared to confirm the allegations -- saying he pocketed 55% of the profits, with his developers taking the remaining 45%.
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- 2/1/2022
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
When it came to depicting the gonzo nature of influencer culture, “Spree” stars Joe Keery and Sasheer Zamata and director Eugene Kotlyarenko did a deep dive into the haves and have-nots of the internet.
“Spree,” which premiered Friday at Sundance Film Festival, follows a rideshare driver named Kurt Kunkle (Keery) who will stop at nothing to go viral.
“He’s been trying to do this influencer thing for almost a decade,” Kotlyarenko explained at Variety’s Studio at Sundance. “He finally came up with this breakthrough viral concept, and he’s just going to take it to the limit. This is Kurt’s big moment.”
Kotlyarenko calls the movie — filmed to appear as a livestream — a dark cultural satire, one that takes the good, but mostly the bad, of social media to disturbing heights.
“Influencers are kind of iconic and also caricatured versions of a normal person because they’re...
“Spree,” which premiered Friday at Sundance Film Festival, follows a rideshare driver named Kurt Kunkle (Keery) who will stop at nothing to go viral.
“He’s been trying to do this influencer thing for almost a decade,” Kotlyarenko explained at Variety’s Studio at Sundance. “He finally came up with this breakthrough viral concept, and he’s just going to take it to the limit. This is Kurt’s big moment.”
Kotlyarenko calls the movie — filmed to appear as a livestream — a dark cultural satire, one that takes the good, but mostly the bad, of social media to disturbing heights.
“Influencers are kind of iconic and also caricatured versions of a normal person because they’re...
- 1/25/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
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