The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) has removed a Twitch streamer from its stream team. He is alleged to have published personal information about community members. However, he claims that someone else was involved.
This is what ESO said: On the evening of June 27, Zenimax Online Studios released a statement on Twitter. They have parted ways with a member of the stream team for The Elder Scrolls Online, that is, a streamer they previously supported.
He is said to have created and shared a document containing personal information about community members. The case is currently under investigation and appropriate action will be taken.
According to the US site MassivelyOp , the data circulating included:
- real names
- employers
- social media accounts
- character names
Among those who were “doxxed”, there was also a minor.
Streamer says he was harassed – wanted to report trolls to Zenimax
This is what the affected person says: Zenimax itself does not name the person, but it is clearly about Twitch streamer Kyle Dempster. He has almost 18,000 followers on Twitch, with an average of 200 viewers.
Dempster, however, presents himself as a victim rather than a perpetrator. He claims he was harassed by trolls; he even received death threats. He wanted to defend himself against these and sought help from Zenimax.
According to Dempster, he created a document in which he compiled data from “public accounts”. The accounts supposedly belonged to the trolls who sent him death threats.
Dempster then sent this document with the data to Zenimax and the police, not to private individuals. According to Dempster, someone at Zenimax or a member of the stream team must have circulated this file.
He regrets this. It was not his intention. He is now trying to find out who leaked this document.
Dempster frames it himself as if he resigned from the stream team because he cannot work with a company that does not protect its streamers.
This is the reaction: The behavior of publishing personal information about individuals is called “doxing” – it is frowned upon. Many Twitter users thank Zenimax for taking such action.
Apparently, the blame is currently more on the person who created the document, not the one who allegedly circulated it.
The ESO community is considered exceptional, and the Zenimax team seems to appreciate that. In February 2020, a well-known and popular player passed away at the age of just 22. This led to a ceremonial funeral in the world of The Elder Scrolls Online, as hundreds of players said goodbye to him.
As a result, the player received his own monument in ESO:
ESO: Hundreds mourned the death of a player, now he has a monument
