Kick Announces Changes In Guidelines After Controversial Ice Poseidon Stream Involving An Escort Sparks Backlash

Kick streamer Ice Poseidon found himself in hot water after livestreaming what was purported to be an escort being filmed via hidden cameras.

Last Thursday, Ice Poseidon and fellow streamer Sam Pepper reportedly gave a man $500 to hire an escort in Brisbane, Australia under the condition that the encounter be filmed and livestreamed to his audience on Kick.

The duo reportedly brought the man back to their hotel and hid in the other room to livestream his interaction with the escort to over 20,000 viewers. The woman was physically blocked from leaving the room at one point during the stream and was only allowed to exit after Ice Poseidon told the man to stand down.

Ice Poseidon ARRESTED for sexual assault after getting a viewer an escort live on stream 👀‼️ pic.twitter.com/1QROvhXhhV

— DramaAlert (@DramaAlert) September 21, 2023

Ice Poseidon had a run-in with the police soon after the incident, but the streamer later denied that he was arrested as a result of hiding cameras to record an unknowing escort.

In a post from yesterday on X (formerly Twitter), Ice Poseidon said that he was swatted and that the police had written off the incident as "legal" and "safe."

At what part was she told about the two disheveled guys hiding? https://t.co/e4lzoEx6Fq

— flud (@friedflud) September 24, 2023

The incident follows a long list of controversies involving the streaming platform Kick, which hosts several controversial streamers like Adin Ross and Johnny Somali, the latter of whom was recently arrested in Japan following weeks of harassing locals.

Kick posted to its X profile to acknowledge the incident and promise that it will update its content guidelines. The statement discussed the "incredible untapped potential" of livestreaming and how "community & public safety cannot be compromised in the process of making ‘content’.”

But not everyone was convinced by Kick's promise to update its guidelines appropriately, given that some internet sleuths had found evidence of Kick's CEO Eddie Craven laughing in the chat during Ice Poseidon's stream.