{"id":601420,"date":"2026-03-20T09:35:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-york-attorney-general-announces-twitch-discord-investigation"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:35:51","slug":"new-york-attorney-general-announces-twitch-discord-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-york-attorney-general-announces-twitch-discord-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"New York attorney general announces Twitch, Discord investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/new-york-attorney-general-announces-twitch-discord-investigation.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nTwitch and Discord will be investigated by the New York attorney general, for the part they played in the racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAttorney general Letitia James <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2022\/attorney-general-james-launches-investigations-social-media-companies-role\">announced<\/a> the investigation last night, in response to the attack which killed 10 people and wounded three more. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe perpetrator livestreamed the attack via Twitch for two minutes before the video was removed. Before the attack took place, he had posted numerous messages discussing and promoting his plans via Discord, as well as on the notorious imageboards 4chan and 8chan. All will now be part of James&#8217; invesitigation. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-york-attorney-general-announces-twitch-discord-investigation\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-york-attorney-general-announces-twitch-discord-investigation\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitch and Discord will be investigated by the New York attorney general, for the part they played in the racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo. Attorney general Letitia James announced the investigation last night, in response to the attack which killed 10 people and wounded three more. The perpetrator livestreamed the attack via Twitch for two minutes before the video was removed. Before the attack took place, he had posted numerous messages discussing and promoting his plans via Discord, as well as on the notorious imageboards 4chan and 8chan. All will now be part of James&#8217; invesitigation. 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