Jio Reportedly Blocked Twitch to Crack down IPL 2020 Piracy
Sep. 28, 2020Users on the aforesaid ISPs regularly got anetwork error on Twitch somewhere around 6:30 PM.“There was a network error, please try again. Error #2000,”reads the error message. Interestingly,users report no issue during non IPL hours. Jio did not provide an official statement on the matter so far.
The key reason for the Jio-Twitch situation is becausesome users started streaming IPL matches through Twitchand one such stream reportedly had over 1.5 lakh viewers. While the ideal solution to this problem is to take down those illegal Twitch streams, Jio seems to have blocked the service. It is possible that Hotstar might have requested the ISP to block Twitch. With this extreme measure to crack down on piracy, the telecom giant left several viewers in the gaming community unhappy.
The news was first reported byTalkesport. Soon after their first report, several users have confirmed to the publication thatusers are now able to access Twitch from Jio, JioFiber, and Hathway. Let us know if it is still blocked for you in the comments.
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
