Dlive Video Streaming Deletes 100 Broadcasts from U.S. Capitol
Dlive Video Streaming Deletes 100 Broadcasts from U.S. Capitol
NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS (IN PART)
A site called Dlive, where rioters broadcast from the Capitol, is benefiting from the growing exodus of right-wing users from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
When the white nationalist Tim Gionet stormed the U.S. Capitol with a mob of Trump loyalists on Wednesday, entering congressional offices and putting his feet up on lawmakers' furniture, he also chatted live with more than 16,000 of his fans.
Using a livestreaming site called Dlive, Mr. Gionet - known by the online alias "Baked Alaska" - broadcast his actions inside the Capitol. Through Dlive, his fans then sent him messages telling him where to go to avoid capture by the police. They also tipped him with "lemons," a Dlive currency that can be converted into real money, through which Mr. Gionet made more than $2,000 on Wednesday, according to online estimates.
Dlive said in a statement on Friday that it had "zero tolerance toward any forms of violence and illegal activities." It added that it had suspended, forced offline or limited 10 accounts and deleted 100 broadcasts. Dlive also said it was freezing the earnings of streamers who had broken into the Capitol.
...........streamers........... said Dlive's emergence...... was unlikely to change. That's because the site, which was founded in 2017 and is similar to Twitch, the Amazon-owned platform where video gamers livestream their play, helps streamers make tens of thousands of dollars and benefits by taking a cut of that revenue.
Dlive's growth has been stark, analysts said. The site reported five million active users in April 2019. On Wednesday, more than 150,000 people watched Dlive streams at the same time, one of the site's busiest days ever, and more than 95 percent of those views went to the far-right streamers, according to Genevieve Oh, a livestreaming analyst.