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[–] Womble@piefed.world 186 points 16 hours ago (35 children)

The title kinda buries the lede there. I thought it was ridiculous to fine a platform just because a streamer happened to die on camera, but no, they were streaming months long abuse and torture of this guy at the hands of his co-streamers.

[–] idntknow@lemmy.world 121 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

It is insane how it is even possible to live stream the torture of someone for months without any law enforcement getting involved.

[–] TheMcG@lemmy.ca 58 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

They kinda did. The dudes were taken in as part of an ongoing investigation but were then released. I can see why it’s fared for the cops when even the victims are saying it’s by their own choice. But it’s no excuse for kick.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/outcry-over-french-streamers-death-on-air-as-authorities-probe-allegations-of-abuse/

The investigation, opened in December, is looking into “deliberate violence against vulnerable persons” and “spreading recordings of images related to offences involving deliberate violations of physical integrity,” Martinelli’s statement said. It did not specify why Pormanove could be considered vulnerable.

The statement said two co-streamers allegedly involved in the case were briefly taken into custody in January but were released pending further investigation.

In parallel, the Nice prosecutor said, investigators interviewed Pormanove and one of his co-streamers who both appeared to be victims of violence and humiliation. They “strongly denied being victims of violence, stating that the events were staged in order to `generate a buzz’ and make money.”

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 35 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It’s all over the place on Facebook and Twitter though. There’s dog fighting, cock fighting, monkey abuse showing up on my Facebook home feed every now and then. This shouldn’t be a surprise really.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Thats just like, your algorithm man. -Labowskie

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I’d love to know why an algorithm shows me this stuff as I don’t look any of it up. It’s quite traumatic to see. It’s the reason I don’t use these social media apps anymore. They’re all suggested posts and it’s an assault.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)
  • Algorithm shows a preview of a chaotic scene where the content isn't easily identified.
  • You open / interact / linger on it to figure out what is happening before identifying it as something you don't want to look at.
  • Algorithm detects increased interaction and happily serves up more.

I play a little game with Instagram sometimes. I click on one (1) thirst trap bikini girl post in the search reel. Then I see how many times I have to press the little 3 dot menu and pick "not interested" on allllll the other thirst trap bikini girl posts that immediately appear.

I generally have to press "not interested" about 15 times before my feed reverts to only having bikini girl thirst traps once every 20 or so posts.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 2 points 7 hours ago

Generally it shows us content that makes us mad. Sadly, and opposite to what we thibk, humans are more likely to engage with content thst pisses us off. Maybe it took things too far with yours. Possibly you commented on how fucked up one post was so it showed you more. Dunno.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 12 hours ago

It’s similar to fear factor—you can authorize quite a lot of things in a contract.

The medical examiner has said that they don’t think his death was caused directly by the treatment during the stream.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 hours ago

As long as you give a platform to the right wing, laws never apply to you.

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