Aug. 26 (UPI) -- An investigation of Australian video platform Kick was opened by French prosecutors following the recent violent death of content creator "JP" during a live-streamed event.
The France-based streamer Raphael Graven, who went by the online alias "Jean Pormanove" or simply "JP," died this month after he endured about 10 days of apparent violent and humiliating acts with sleep deprivation during a streaming.
On Tuesday, prosecutors in Paris said its inquiry into Kick will determine if it knowingly broadcast videos of "deliberate attacks on personal integrity" in violation of the European Union's landmark Digital Services Act.
Graven, a 46-year-old Army veteran, reportedly died at a property near Nice in the village of Contes just miles from the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera's Principality of Monaco.
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