India, April 24 -- Popular Twitch streamer Emily 'ExtraEmily' Zhang has declared that she will take an indefinite break from live streaming. The decision came amid the viewbot controversy, a scandal that has since drawn in Reddit moderators, platform administrators and thousands of viewers.

In early April, a video of ExtraEmily's stream started spreading online. It showed a browser window with the name ViewBot.ai open when she was broadcasting.

The video went viral on Reddit and social media. Users started to wonder whether the tab was an indication of viewbot usage or not.

An announcement on the r/LivestreamFail from the mod team stated that several moderators tried to reproduce the pop-up on various browsers in incognito mode and on ...