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An probe has been launched into the decease of an net streamer who was known for taking portion successful utmost online challenges.
Raphael Graven, who went by Jean Pormanove, was recovered dormant successful Contes, adjacent Nice, connected Sunday night.
Viewers of the Frenchman's past unrecorded watercourse connected the Twitch-like level Kick had reportedly go acrophobic astir him lying lifeless connected a mattress, unresponsive to their comments.
According to France24, prosecutors said helium had been successful accommodation rented for the intent of broadcasting net unrecorded streams. The broadcast had reportedly been moving for 10 days.
French paper Le Monde said Graven was known for participating successful videos successful which helium suffered unit and humiliation, alongside 2 colleagues. One antheral was seen throwing a h2o vessel astatine him arsenic helium laid connected the mattress.
France's integer exertion minister, Clara Chappaz, said helium had been "humiliated and abused for months".
"A judicial probe is underway," she said.
"Holding online platforms liable for the dissemination of amerciable contented is not an option: it is the law.
"This benignant of nonaccomplishment tin pb to the worst and has nary spot successful France, Europe, oregon anyplace else."
Sarah El Hairy, France's precocious commissioner for children, described his decease arsenic "horrifying".
"Platforms person an immense work to modulate online contented truthful that our children are not exposed to convulsive content," she said. "I impulse parents to beryllium highly vigilant."
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Graven had much than 1 cardinal followers crossed societal media.
He was peculiarly fashionable connected Kick, which was founded successful 2022 arsenic a rival to Amazon-owned Twitch. It's known for having looser moderation, and offers creators a higher stock of revenue.
A spokesperson for Kick told the AFP quality bureau the steadfast was "urgently reviewing" Graven's death.
They said the platform's assemblage guidelines were "designed to protect" users, and it was committed to upholding them.
Sky News has contacted the Nice prosecutor's bureau and Kick for comment.
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