Twitch Users Are Boycotting Over Attacks Targeting Black, Queer And Disabled People

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Many users of the popular streaming platform Twitch are boycotting on Wednesday.

Those involved in #aDayOffTwitch say the core issue is the company's lack of response to so-called "hate raids" that have been occurring on the platform, which offers livestreams of video gaming. A hate raid occurs when a streamer is live and they receive an influx of bots following them and then spamming the same message in their chat box — usually something racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise toxic.

Raven, who streams under the name RekItRaven, has been one of the main organizers of the boycott. (NPR is not using their full name, as they've been the victim of doxxing on the platform.) Raven first started drawing attention to the issue of hate raiding when it happened to them in July. They were streaming, when a number of bots entered their chat and spammed them with the question, "Hey are black Goths called Giggers?"