There’s an open secret among users of Twitch, the Amazon-owned video streaming service used mostly for e-sports streaming: They can embed their streams onto third-party websites to inflate the number ...

Twitch is putting streamers on notice about viewbotting. The company is taking new steps to crack down on people caught artificially inflating their viewership stats, according to an update from CEO ...

New anti-bot penalty: Twitch will cap concurrent viewers for channels caught repeatedly using viewbots, basing limits on past authentic traffic. Why it matters: Viewbotting distorts competition, ...