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China Blocks Twitch Game-Streaming Service
Video game-streaming service Twitch has been blocked in China.
Since 20 September, Twitch's website has been unreachable from the country and its app has been removed from the local Apple App Store.
Twitch has confirmed that it is being blocked but it has not said why the authorities have imposed the restriction.
The service was cut off shortly after enjoying a significant bump in popularity among Chinese gamers. The streaming service has been gaining a larger following in China over the last few months. Many keen gamers flocked to it in late August to watch eSports matches being played at the Asian Games in Jakarta.
Not a fan of Twitch myself, but I'm even less of a fan of censorship.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday September 21 2018, @06:26PM (1 child)
Western services don't tend to be nearly as popular in China, especially new ones.
Google seems to want to re-insert themselves into China with a new censored search engine, but I don't think it will go well for them.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 22 2018, @07:12AM
Don't worry it will be very good for google and the chinese dictators. Only the rest of the world will suffer.