'Playground for degenerates': Inside Australian livestreaming giant
The Morning Edition
English - April 30, 2024 19:01 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MB - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsBusiness News News Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When you think about live streaming, you might picture mainstream social media sites, but its popularity has skyrocketed on other platforms.
With a focus on gaming, Twitch emerged as a live streaming giant over the past decade. Now, there’s a new player making noise – and some of it’s troubling.
Edward Craven, the founder of Stake.com and the youngest billionaire in Australia has gone on to co-create the streaming platform Kick.
Today, investigative reporter Patrick Begley on a platform described as a “playground for degenerates”, and the risks it poses to vulnerable people.
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