Blizzard and Twitch teaming up to combat harassment

Blizzard Entertainment and Twitch are working together to develop a pilot program targeted at combating online harassment following an incident during a recent Hearthstone live stream.

“To that end, we’re investigating a pilot program that Twitch has in the works to streamline moderation and combat ban evasion.

Morhaime went on to reveal that Blizzard will partner with Twitch, Dreamhack, moderators, and streamers to develop a weapon able to fight back against online abuse.