It was because of CK’s stream that local media companies started picking up on the story. Robb said that he’s become a household name in Taiwan. During one of his initial streams, CK threatened to leave Twitch because of Robb’s actions and the messages that appeared in the chat (viewable in the clip above) — a threat he later made good on.





“Because [Twitch] allows for someone who’s insulting Taiwanese men, Taiwanese women, residents of Taiwan, that person is insulting us Taiwanese people every day,” CK said in a post in Mandarin, as translated to Polygon. “The public can’t do anything. If today they don’t kick out that person, that’s insulting us Taiwanese people. If today this stuff doesn’t get taken care of, then I’ll leave this platform. I’ll just stop supporting this platform.





“And I will be aware in the future of any other platforms that host such people who look down on and discriminate against Taiwanese people.”





Robb’s stream caught the attention of national newspapers and television news programs, and led to numerous reaction videos on YouTube. Although Robb wasn’t a stranger to controversy in Taiwan, the negative attention didn’t originally warrant extreme measures to ensure Robb and his friends remained safe. But the continued focus on his day-to-day life resulted in serious safety concerns.





“Once they stated pushing the doxing stuff, and people coming up with blatant lies trying to pressure me into quitting, I realized they were closing in on me too much,” Robb said. He pointed to news articles that, according to him, took things out of context, like implying he was having sex with the women at the spa.





“Particularly when they’re taking pictures of my front door,” Robb continued. “When the Facebook group started closing in, that’s when I felt the pressure. I thought, ‘I have to stop streaming in Taiwan or they’re not going to stop coming after me, coming after my friends.’”



