The Kick streaming platform is once again at the center of a heated controversy. On Wednesday, December 24, Clavicular, a 19-year-old American streamer, hit a pedestrian while broadcasting a live video from the driver's seat of his Tesla Cybertruck.
The footage, widely shared on social media, shows a man lying on the windshield of a vehicle and provoking the driver. Urged on by a passenger to start the engine, the streamer accelerates and hits the pedestrian. Seconds later, Clavicular utters a shocking phrase: "Is he dead? Let's hope so," sparking outrage online.
An advanced version of self-defense
In another video released after the incident, the young man claims to have acted in "self-defense." He maintains that several people surrounded his vehicle and alleges he saw a weapon concealed under one of their clothes. At this stage, no official information has been released regarding the victim's condition, according to US media.
Faced with the scale of the controversy, Kick reacted by permanently banning the streamer a few hours after the broadcast. Despite this sanction, Clavicular continued to fuel the controversy on social media, notably posting an AI-generated image of himself behind the wheel, with a person under the wheels, accompanied by the message: "You reap what you sow."
This incident reignites criticism of the Kick platform, already weakened by several recent scandals, including the live broadcast of the death of French streamer Jean Pormanove last summer. These cases revive questions about the responsibility of platforms in the face of live streaming violence.
