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Logo and the home page of the Australian live-streaming platform Kick with the Australian flag in the background, in Toulouse, southwestern France on August 21, 2025. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
France will sue the Australian streaming platform Kick for "negligence" after a user died during a livestream, a government minister said on Tuesday.
The platform has come under scrutiny in France after a 46-year-old Frenchman died in August during a 12-day live streaming marathon on his channel, which specialised in him enduring abuse or humiliation dished out by other participants.
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