In recent days, accusations against Twitch streamers have emerged. The CEO of the streaming platform, Emmet Shear, has taken a stance on this. However, he is now also under fire. Streamer Devin Nash even calls for the resignation of the Twitch CEO. In case of doubt, Amazon should fire him.
What has been happening on Twitch since June 20: We reported on MeinMMO that since June 20, women have been coming forward and speaking about their experiences with “powerful men” in the gaming industry. Some men have allegedly used their positions in the gaming industry over the past few years to make inappropriate sexual advances in a professional environment.
Many of the accusations concern men who are active on Twitch, such as the Destiny 2 streamer “SayNoToRage” or managers in the Twitch environment, such as Omeed Dariani, the head of a streaming agency.
CEO wants to make “Twitch the safest platform”
This is how Twitch reacted: The platform Twitch issued a statement on June 21. It states that they take these accusations very seriously and are reviewing them.
They express gratitude to the women who were brave enough to come forward.
The CEO of Twitch, Emmet Shear, published an email on Twitter on June 23 that he had sent within the company.
In the email, Shear explains that he wishes for Twitch to be the safest place on the internet to create content. This is something the company needs to work on.
CEO allegedly laughed off incidents
This is the criticism of Twitch: Following Emmet Shear’s statement, some have come forward saying that they had already raised issues on Twitch in the past, but their statements were dismissed.
The music streamer Starling says she addressed the issue at a partner meeting: men are sexually harassing women on Twitch.
In response, Shear allegedly only laughed and said: “Wow, the things happening on our platform, I can’t really comment on.”
“It’s clear that Shear can’t lead the company”
This is the call for resignation: Streamer Devin Nash even demands Shear’s resignation. Nash read the CEO’s email during a stream. He describes his statements as “PR bullshit without real action plan.”
Furthermore, Nash makes a clear demand:
Emmet Shear should resign. I’m tired of him just standing by during these events. It’s obvious that he can’t lead the company as it is right now. Amazon needs to step in and fire him if he doesn’t resign.
Devin Nash
Devin Nash mentions Justin Wong, a key former employee of Twitch. He had also stated that there are serious issues in Twitch’s management circle. In the past, such allegations were handled too leniently.
Twitch continued to invite men accused of sexual misconduct to events and did not address the issue.
For Nash, these are clear signs that there are serious problems at Twitch under Shear.
According to him, Shear has now demonstrated that he is unable to address the platform’s issues.
A Twitch clip showing Nash’s statements has already received over 160,000 views.
Who is Devin Nash? Streamer Devin Nash is known for commenting on such meta-topics about Twitch and streaming. He has around 100,000 followers on Twitch and is an established figure within the Twitch community as a marketing expert and former head of the e-sports organization Counter Logic Gaming.
Until a few days ago, the hottest topic at Twitch was who gets banned and who doesn’t. There were fierce discussions about why one female streamer was banned for just a few seconds of something that shouldn’t have been seen, while other women seemingly got away with everything. Emmet Shear issued a statement on this:
Twitch CEO explains: Why some are banned and others are not – The controversial topic
