On May 21, popular streaming platform Twitch announced, and immediately introduced, a new genre section for the categorizing of streams titled: "Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches." The change may have been ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. Twitch, Amazon's livestreaming platform, is primarily a service focused on letting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spoopy Kitt streaming on Twitch Spoopy Kitt/ Twitch Twitch has seen a wave of streaming from hot tubs and pools over the course of ...

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A controversy over so-called "hot tub streamers" blew up earlier this week when Twitch suspended advertising on the channel belonging to Kaitlyn "Amouranth" Siragusa, one of the platform's most ...

Last week, Twitch addressed a minor community revolt with an urgent memo. It is titled: “Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams.” And the streams were unleashed. The controversy began when streamers found ...

Twitch has introduced a new "Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches" category in response to advertisers who have reportedly brought up concerns with streams on the platform featuring broadcasters in hot tubs.

Has the hardcore gaming platform turned to softcore porn? Twitch users are outraged over a new trend on the gaming-centric streaming platform, in which female streamers sit half-naked in hot tubs ...

At this point, there are more parody hot tub streams on Twitch than actual hot tub streams—so much so that one now holds the distinction of being the most viewed hot tub stream of all time. Credit ...

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Since hot tub streams took off in March, there’s been a controversy on Twitch over people who stream in bikinis while in hot tubs. In response to the complaints — from both viewers and advertisers — ...