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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Twitch boss Matthew DiPietro is clear that the industry needs to do more about online sexism in gaming [bbc.co.uk].

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 [bbc.co.uk] 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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