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Late on November 7th Twitch A second apology for failing to protect popular content creator Emily Beth 'Emiru' Shank from being attacked on Twitch in San Diego. Although Twitch has said it will donate to non-profit organizations aimed at combating sexual harassment, fans and creators are not happy with the streaming service's latest statement on social media.
During the 2025 edition of TwitchCon at the San Diego Convention Center, Emiru was harassed and assaulted by an unknown attendee during a meet and greet session. Hours after the incident, the alleged assailant had not been arrested. Emiru later said in an October stream that she had filed a police report to press charges of assault and harassment against the TwitchCon attacker and called out Twitch for their lack of security and accountability. In response, various content creators and Twitch users expressed overwhelming support for Emiru and his management following the incident.
Apologizes again for its failure to protect Emiru
While Twitch has already released a comment on Emiru's attack in late October, the streaming service released a follow-up statement on social media. Twitch said in a Nov. 7 post on X that it failed to keep Emiru safe and prevent the TwitchCon attack incident from happening in the first place. Twitch said it will recognize Emiru's advocacy by donating to non-profit organizations working to combat sexual harassment and harassment, but did not reveal further details about its future plans in this regard.
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy released a separate statement on X saying he failed to communicate clearly in an interview on Twitch about the state of Emiru and the convention's security. As a follow-up to his previous apology about TwitchCon's shortcomings, Clancy said the streaming service will revisit its security protocols at TwitchCon, and improve communication processes with its users going forward. However, the reaction to Twitch and Clancy's recent posts on social media was largely negative. Many users and content creators said that, while donating to a non-profit organization is a good move, Twitch didn't do enough to build trust in the brand after TwitchCon. Other users called for Clancy to resign as Twitch CEO for his admitted failure at the TwitchCon event.
As of this writing, Emiru has not commented publicly about the TwitchCon event and has not streamed on Twitch since October 25th. Only time will tell what changes Twitch and TwitchCon will make to ensure the safety of their users and creators.
