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posted by martyb on Sunday October 02 2016, @09:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-need-more-hermaphrodites dept.

Twitch boss Matthew DiPietro is clear that the industry needs to do more about online sexism in gaming.

The senior executive was speaking to us from the streaming site's headquarters in San Francisco.

Gamers have told Newsbeat about their experiences and Twitch says it's doing all it can to stamp out sexism on the platform.

But Matthew tells us this isn't a problem that Twitch can solve on its own.

He says the industry needs to invest money to "move forward on this issue".

He's calling for "investment in terms of people, education and money.


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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Monday October 03 2016, @05:30PM

    by RamiK (1813) on Monday October 03 2016, @05:30PM (#409529)

    Naturally. Though mind you, there's a huge difference between playing a guy in an FPS and watching a cut scene every once in a while, or a 3rd person \ isometric centering the screen on a guy's ass all day long while you're farming.

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