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| Official Website = https://twitch.tv/
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}}[[wikipedia:Twitch_(service)|'''Twitch''']] is an American video live-streaming service popular in video games, including broadcasts of e-sports competitions. It also offers music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams. Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of [[Amazon]]. Introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest-streaming platform Justin.tv.
|Parent=Amazon}}[[wikipedia:Twitch_(service)|'''Twitch''']] is an American video live-streaming service popular in video games, including broadcasts of e-sports competitions.{{Citation needed}} It also offers music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" (IRL) streams.{{Citation needed}} Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of [[Amazon]].{{Citation needed}}
 
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==Controversies==
==Controversies==


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!Background Info
!Background Info
!Aftermath
!Aftermath
!Related Article
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!Related Video(s)
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|Twitch Data Breach
|2021
|Leaked important user data and leaked twitch source
code in a 125GB torrent posted to 4chan's imageboard
|Turkey fined Amazon $58,000
|[https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/twitch-data-breach-leaves-amazon-with-major-fine TechRadar]
[https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2021/10/15/updates-on-the-twitch-security-incident/ Twitch Response]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=Updates on the Twitch Security Incident |url=https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2021/10/15/updates-on-the-twitch-security-incident/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=Updates on the Twitch Security Incident}}</ref>
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC-aTN_tv6M Brodie Robertson Review]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQstIBkF-8 CTV News]
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==Collected Personal Information==
Below is a list of all the personal information twitch collects which you can find at there [https://legal.twitch.com/legal/state-specific-privacy-disclosures/ Additional State-Specific Privacy Disclosures]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-18 |title=State-Specific Privacy Disclosures |url=https://legal.twitch.com/legal/state-specific-privacy-disclosures/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-09-24 |publisher=Twitch Interactive, Inc.}}</ref>
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==Information Disclosure==


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Entertainment companies]]
[[Category:Mass media companies]]
[[Category:Software companies]]
[[Category:Video game streaming services]]
[[Category:Video on demand services]]
[[Category:Twitch]]
[[Category:Twitch]]
[[Category:Amazon]]