Kick streamers consider leaving over CEO's comments in a sex worker 'prank' stream

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Kick streamers consider leaving over CEO's comments in a sex worker 'prank' stream

Streamers are leaving Kick en masse in protest of the platform’s lack of safety guidelines, after a prominent creator streamed an encounter with a sex worker without informing her that there were other people present. She was briefly prevented from leaving after she expressed discomfort, while Kick’s CEO posted laughing emotes in the stream chat.  […]