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But it’s something politicians have struggled with achieving on their own — particularly amid an election cycle in which many young voters find themselves jaded with politics as a whole. Overall, young voters are not very optimistic right now, according to NBC News’ Stay Tuned Gen Z poll of over 2,600 voters under 30 in September. Still, Piker’s success as a streamer has been admired by fellow political creators, especially those who are chasing similar progressive audiences. Hasan Piker answering questions and debriefing on daily politics for his Twitch stream on Aug. 14. In recent years, Piker said he’s noticed the online political landscape change.

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☆ Columbia's student radio station was the main source of information for the protests. Here's why that matters.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Other press couldn't go on campus, so the student radio station was the only source of on-the-ground reporting. WKCR 89.9 FM, Columbia's student radio station, was broadcasting live from inside the campus about what was happening as the NYPD arrived. (I left messages for the radio station but didn't hear back — likely because the students are taking a well-deserved break, which they referenced in an X post . AdvertisementStudents at UChicago encampment gather in silence around a speaker for radio broadcast of WKCR 89.9, Columbia’s student station. The actual events on the Columbia campus on Tuesday night are, of course, more important than the fact that its radio station went viral.

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☆ Amazon Union President Chris Smalls Seen Fighting Worker in Video
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Katherine Long | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

On the night of December 5, the president of the Amazon Labor Union pummeled another union member. Some longtime Amazon Labor Union organizers decided to begin organizing on their own, without Smalls. All three said they believe in Smalls' mission and support the goals of the Amazon Labor Union, but worry about Smalls' ability to lead. Amazon Labor Union members consoled each other after the union lost the vote at its second warehouse, LDJ5, last April. One purpose of the organization appears to be to raise funds for the Amazon Labor Union, according to its certificate of incorporation.

Jewish and anti-hate organizations are urging social media influencers and tech platforms to stop hosting interviews with Ye, the rapper and artist formerly known as Kanye West, as he’s continued to make antisemitic statements and criticize Jewish people in his recent public appearances. Ross, a popular Twitch streamer with 7 million followers, is Jewish and said that he was going to “stand up for the Jews” in the interview. On Dec. 5, political streamer Hasan Piker said in a Twitch stream that he may participate in the interview. Rez said that even if Ross planned to challenge Ye, she would be concerned that the interview would stoke antisemitic violence. Ross has been silent on the topic of the Ye interview since the call with Fuentes was published.

☆ Twitch streamers want to be the political pundits for the next generation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

I think politics is boring or controversial. —Hasan Piker, Twitch streamerThe news and politics genre, while growing, remains dwarfed by the gaming content that dominates Twitch. Discouraged by the conflicting messaging around Covid safety, she “picked up a health communication certification” and started streaming about public health. And then I sneak that public health in so it kind of gets their gears turning and they’re coming back for more,” she said. And you’re never going to establish that when you’re constantly fighting.”People are increasingly turning to social media for news.

☆ Trans Twitch streamer Keffals is ready to return home after Kiwi Farms
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The internet archive site Wayback Machine removed Kiwi Farms from its records, and Google delisted it from search results. After Cloudflare stopped servicing it, Kiwi Farms moved to Russian servers, where it was quickly shuttered again when web-hosting provider DDos-Guard also terminated services. It’s so important to be able to collaborate with other trans streamers of that size.”Sorrenti poses at Hasan Piker's TwitchCon booth. NBC NewsAnnie Roberts, a Twitch ambassador, noted the increase of the trans streamers on the platform in recent years. She became even closer to the creators who moderate her channel and make up her executive staff, because they too were doxxed by Kiwi Farms users for working with her.

☆ Waymo workers form union in the latest push to organize Silicon Valley
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Eli M. Rosenberg | Eli Rosenberg Is An Investigative Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Food service employees at the autonomous driving company Waymo are forming a union, the latest push by support workers to organize at Silicon Valley's most prominent companies. The workers are employed by Sodexo, which contracts service work for Google and other companies. "We are confident this one will also reach an amicable agreement for workers, the union, and our client very soon." The workers are part of Silicon Valley's ranks of contractors who support and supplement the work at tech companies. Her team unionized in 2020, and some of them have been joining meetings with the Waymo workers to show them the ropes of organizing and talk up the union.

Twitch on Tuesday announced a ban on streaming unlicensed gambling sites, including slots, roulette and dice websites, starting next month. More websites may be banned at a later date, Twitch said in a statement posted to Twitter. A number of creators have been pushing Twitch to do something about online gambling streams, citing potential dangers to younger users. Twitch had already prohibited users from sharing links or referral codes to sites that include slots, roulette or dice games. A spokesperson for Twitch said the company has no further comment beyond the statement posted to Twitter.

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