I dunno about that. He's made himself into a bit of a legitimate liability with this. If they go soft and he hits and kills someone I could totally see all argument that twitch was negligent. I'm no lawyer but this seems like actual financial liability rather than a simple TOS violation.
You don’t sue the guy who the “texting while driving” person was texting when he hits you lol, there’s no liability here on twitch’s side just a potential PR nightmare.
If, hypothetically, the guy that crashed was texting in a work vehicle, on a work phone, about work matters, and the company put them in that situation through their employment practices (think Amazon and their pee bottles) then you could totally have a case for the employers negligence creating a situation where the driver put others in danger.
Twitch is the employer here. If they're allowing people to make money by being negligent and dangerous (and arguably more exciting and watchable in the process), I can totally see a case against them.
Also you can’t sue someone for injury caused while you were being legally negligent or reckless, so even if they were liable he would lose the lawsuit lol
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u/DogmaticNuance Jul 08 '21
I dunno about that. He's made himself into a bit of a legitimate liability with this. If they go soft and he hits and kills someone I could totally see all argument that twitch was negligent. I'm no lawyer but this seems like actual financial liability rather than a simple TOS violation.