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Trending: Mystery donor’s largesse to French gamers

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31/01/2015

Mystery donor’s largesse to French gamers

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The mystery donor ‘rewarding’ French gamers, and named and shamed by Ecuador’s President

The mystery donor "rewarding" French gamers - who is he and why were the gamers advised to give their money back? Plus: "trolls" named and shamed by Ecuador’s President.

Should politicians have a thick skin when people abuse them online? Not the President of Ecuador - he's responded with hard-line tactics.  People in the public eye often get "trolled" online - subjected to personal or rude attacks. During his latest weekly presidential TV address, Ecuador's President, Rafael Correa, seemed to have decided enough was enough. He used the speech to name and shame people who had written abusive comments about him on Twitter and Facebook. Trending hears from some those who were the target of his ire.

Amhai, the mystery "donor", has given hundreds of thousands of dollars streamers - gamers who broadcast their playing on live stream sites such as Twitch.  This week "he" started giving money to French gamers.  But who is Amhai and why were those French gamers advised to give their money back?  Trending investigates.

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