Arcom was then alerted in February to the mistreatment of Graven online by the French Human Rights League, an NGO, which received no reply. The league’s president said it typically takes six months for Arcom to reply to a complaint.
Asked during the interview whether she had taken the initial reports seriously enough, Chappaz responded that she took it “very seriously” as she does with all matters concerning digital regulation but noted that “we live in a digital world where, until recently, there were no rules.”
“It is urgent that we escape this digital Wild West,” she said. “Is it easy? No. Is it fast enough? No.”
Kick, an Australian-based livestream host for gamers known for its lax approach to moderation, responded to Graven’s death by sending its “sincere condolences” to his family and committing to “cooperate fully with the authorities” in a post on X on Wednesday. By Friday, Graven’s Kick channel had been restored, though some videos appeared to have been removed.
Kick said that it had reactivated the channel to make its content accessible to investigators, but Arcom, in a statement, condemned the move.
“Making recordings on the ‘jeanpormanove’ channel available to the authorities cannot justify lifting the block on the channel for the general public,” the statement read, saying the decision “goes against the platform’s initial announcements, which seemed to have taken into account the seriousness of recent events.”