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Twitch CEO Aligns With Uber in Seeking ‘Third Way’ for Classifying Creators
Emmett Shear says video game streamers could benefit from more internet-savvy employment laws
Twitch pioneered the creator economy. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Twitch Chief Executive Officer Emmett Shear thinks US employment laws could be improved to better support content creators who generate millions of dollars for the video live streaming site.
“It’s not quite a W-2 job and it’s not quite a contracting job,” Shear said in a recent interview. “I think we could really use legislation that created a third option that was appropriate for the gig economy and the creator economy.”