French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the Australian video platform Kick over the demise of a content material creator throughout a livestream.
Raphaël Graven – often known as Jean Pormanove – was discovered useless in a residence close to town of Good final week.
He was identified for movies during which he endured obvious violence and humiliation.
The Paris prosecutor mentioned the investigation would look into whether or not Kick “knowingly” broadcast “movies of deliberate assaults on private integrity”.
The BBC has approached Kick for remark. A spokesperson for the platform beforehand mentioned the corporate was “urgently reviewing” the circumstances round Mr Graven’s demise.
The prosecutor’s investigation will even search to find out if Kick complied with the European Union’s Digital Companies Act, and the duty on platforms to inform the authorities if the life or security of people is in query.
In a separate announcement, France’s minister for digital affairs, Clara Chappaz, mentioned the federal government would sue the platform for “negligence” over its failure to dam “harmful content material”, in response to the AFP information company.
Mr Graven was discovered useless on 18 August.
Native media reported the 46-year-old had been topic to bouts of violence and sleep deprivation throughout streams, and died in his sleep throughout a stay broadcast.
Chappaz has beforehand described his demise as an “absolute horror.”
