What's the Atrioc Twitch Drama? Controversy, Explained

31 Jan 2023

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Atrioc Faces Twitch Drama Due to Explicit Deepfake Subscription

Streamers can be controversial for a wide array of different reasons, but a recent controversy around Twitch streamer Atrioc has left even many regular Twitch users shocked.

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The controversy started after Atrioc inadvertently revealed that he was subscribed to a website that can create explicit AI images. After this revelation came out, Atrioc posted a video in which he offered an apology.

Atrioc was exposed after briefly showing his browser.

Recently, a clip began circulating online that seemed to reveal Atrioc's subscription to a website that creates explicit deepfakes. In the clip, Atrioc briefly reveals all of his tabs, and while he doesn't address the site on the stream, users were able to pull that clip from his stream and circulate it widely online. The site apparently offers deepfake explicit images of several prominent streamers, including Pokimane, Maya Higa, and QTCinderella.

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Atrioc apologized after the clip began circulating.

As the backlash against Atrioc began to gain traction online, he posted a video with his wife in which he addressed the situation.

“This is so embarrassing,” he said in the video, and then explained that he had taken an interest in both deepfakes in AI art recently. He explained that he had found the site through ads.

“I got morbidly curious and I clicked something. It’s gross and I’m sorry. It’s so embarrassing," he continued.

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He also went out of his way to say that this wasn't something he looked at regularly. He even said that he could post a receipt proving that he had paid for a receipt on the same day the clip was released.

“There is no excuse for it. I’m not defending it in any way, I think this whole category of stuff is wrong,” he added.

Some streamers have responded to the controversy.

Some of the streamers who were featured on the site have spoken out about it, focusing most of their ire on the site itself instead of on Atrioc.

"I want to scream. Stop. Everybody f--king stop. Stop spreading it. Stop advertising it. Stop. Being seen 'naked' against your will should NOT BE A PART OF THIS JOB," QTCinderella wrote in response to the news.

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I want to scream.
Stop.
Everybody fucking stop. Stop spreading it. Stop advertising it. Stop.
Being seen “naked” against your will should NOT BE A PART OF THIS JOB.

Thank you to all the male internet “journalists” reporting on this issue. Fucking losers @HUN2R

— QTCinderella (@qtcinderella) January 30, 2023

"I literally choose to pass up millions by not going into sex work and some random cheeto-encrusted porn addict solicits my body without my consent instead. Don't know whether to cry, break stuff, or laugh at this point," streamer Sweet Anita added.

Fans were also outraged over the site, and the agency it removes from the women who didn't consent to have versions of themselves depicted there.

"That's so horrible, I hope there is a way for a site like that to be taken down. I couldn't believe it when I saw the list of how many women were put on that site," one person wrote on Twitter.

It isn't clear whether there will be concrete consequences for either Atrioc or the person who created the site, but the backlash online has certainly been fierce.