QAnon boosters, anti-vaxx propagandists, and far-right conspiracy theorists of all stripes have found a new, lucrative perch on the internet: Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming service generally associated with video game enthusiasts.

QAnon adherents and other far-right influencers are making thousands of dollars spreading election and vaccine conspiracy theories on Twitch, Amazon's livestreaming site. On average, 30 million people visit the site each day, the platform said. https://t.co/tExqyvDmQ5

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 27, 2021

For months, social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have stepped up their efforts to purge misinformation from their sites. The banned and ostracized have flocked to Twitch, which enables audience members to easily transfer money to content creators.

According to The New York Times:

At least 20 channels associated with far-right movements have started broadcasting on Twitch since the fall, according to data compiled by Genevieve Oh, a livestreaming analyst. Dozens more have been on the site for longer. Some are associated with QAnon, the false theory that former President Donald J. Trump is fighting a cabal of Democratic pedophiles.

The channels range from intermittent broadcasters with several hundred views to ones that go live nearly every day and attract thousands of viewers.

Terpsichore Maras-Lindeman, a far-right personalty who pushed the Stop the Steal narrative and opposes mask mandates, recently said she received $84,000 from supporters on Twitch, according to The New York Times.

Twitch, which attracts 30 millions visitors a day, has said that QAnon adherents represent just a “small handful” of its streaming community. It pledged to enforce its community standards, which prohibits “harmful content that encourages or incites self-destructive behavior, harassment, or attempts or threatens to physically harm others, including through misinformation.”

More from The New York Times:

Despite all this, a Twitch channel belonging to Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, a white nationalist organization, remained online until the middle of this month after The New York Times inquired about it. And the white nationalist Anthime Joseph Gionet, known as Baked Alaska, had a Twitch channel for months, even though he was arrested in January by the F.B.I. and accused of illegally storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Twitch initially said his activities had not violated the platform’s policies, then barred him this month for hateful conduct.

Megan Squire, a computer science professor at Elon University who studies extremism, told The New York Times that Twitch “monetizes the propaganda, which is unique.” She said streamers can get increasingly unhinged in order to attract patrons.