Streamer who was caught watching deepfake porn of two female streamers returns to Twitch
Topics: Technology, Twitch, Celebrity
Rhiannon Ingle
Featured Image Credit: Twitch/@atrioc/Instagram/@pokimane
Topics: Technology, Twitch, Celebrity
The Twitch streamer who was caught watching deepfake porn of two other female streamers has now made his return to the platform.
Streamer Atrioc was caught watching deepfake porn of two female streamers back at the start of this year (30 January).
A clip was posted online which claimed to 'expose' the Twitch streamer through one of his tabs being a deepfake site.
The website tab at the core of the controversy allegedly sells access to deepfake images and videos of a pornographic nature - some of which include images of fellow female Twitch streamers.
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Atrioc later apologised on his stream after getting caught, claiming that he clicked on an advert and only paid to look at the x-rated images of Twitch streamers as he was 'morbidly curious'.
The streamer sat with his wife, Arianna and confessed to the claim, saying he was sorry for clicking on the site and revealed he paid to look at deepfaked images of female Twitch streamers.
And to make matters even worse - such streamers were those he appeared to be close friends with.
"I just really want to get it to go out there it's not a f**king pattern of behaviour. There is no excuse for it. I’m not defending it in any way, I think this whole category of stuff is wrong," he apologised.
After disappearing from the platform for nearly two months, Atrioc has now returned and has alerted viewers the exact reason for his comeback following the huge controversy he was at the centre of.
Taking six weeks off, Atrioc showed his face on Tuesday (14 March) to give viewers and other streamers updates on his new legal project.
Atrioc revealed he was working with a law firm in an effort to remove deepfake content across the internet, going into some detail into detail as to how exactly such takedowns will be issued in the future.
He explained that in just a week following the scandal, he had allegedly given $60,000 to the law firm, Morrison Rothman.
The firm in question is in the process of helping QTCinderella, a streamer directly impacted by deepfake pornography of her, amongst others who share the same goal of eliminating such content from the internet.
He said the money was for 'any woman on Twitch who wanted to use their legal services for DMCA takedowns or reputation management'.
Atrioc also disclosed that he had spoken extensively to a fan, Genevieve Oh, who has since extended her hand to aid with the new legal project.
He has since promised: "It’s something I’ve been working on every day."
The streamer went to say he's had meetings with the creator of Ceartas, a company that helps creators combat deepfakes, alongside how Maya Higa, another woman impacted from the controversy, accepted his apology.
Since starting the project, Atrioc stated that other big names on the site have joined in to help including the likes of QT, Pokimane, and Amouranth.
Atrioc brought his reveal to a close by advising others to seek help if they were having problems with deepfakes - reassuring them that would be supposedly help to take them down.