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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
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Twitch Bots

A federal judge on Monday ordered a couple to permanently disable all bots interacting with Amazon’s live-stream gaming service Twitch, which Amazon had claimed deceive people into believing some games are more popular than they really are.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A federal judge on Monday ordered a couple to permanently disable all bots interacting with Amazon’s live-stream gaming service Twitch, which Amazon had claimed deceive people into believing some games are more popular than they really are.

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