Australian streaming platform Kick swiftly removes Myanmar junta propaganda channels

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An Australian live-streaming platform, Kick, has removed multiple propaganda channels linked to

Myanmar’s illegal military junta within hours of their launch, refusing to host the accounts for even 24

hours.

According to Justice For Myanmar, the junta began using Kick after its propaganda accounts were

removed from Amazon-owned Twitch. Shortly after the junta started livestreaming on Kick, the platform

took down the accounts. The removed channels included MRTV HD, MITV, MRTV News, MRTV Farmers,

MRTV Sports, MRTV NRC and MRTV Entertainment.

The junta had had intended to use Kick to livestream content through MRTV websites and mobile

applications. Following the takedown, MRTV websites and apps displayed an error message from Kick

stating that the connection appeared to be unavailable.

Kick is a Melbourne-based company owned by Australian billionaire Ed Craven and his business partner

Bijan Tehrani. Like Twitch, Kick is primarily used for live streaming gaming.