Jean Pormanove, a 46-year-old French streamer whose real name was Raphaël Graven, died during a live broadcast on the streaming platform Kick on August 18, 2025. He was known for enduring extreme and dangerous challenges, as well as repeated physical and mental abuse by co-streamers, particularly on a channel called "Lokal." The platform Kick, launched in 2022 as a competitor to Twitch, has faced intense criticism for its lax content moderation policies, which allowed violent and humiliating content to be broadcast live to hundreds of thousands of viewers, with some streams attracting up to 150,000 concurrent viewers. Despite warnings and alerts about the abusive content dating back to 2024, authorities and regulatory bodies like Arcom did not intervene effectively. An investigation was opened by the Nice prosecutor's office, with autopsy results released on August 21 indicating that Pormanove's death was due to medical or toxicological causes and ruling out trauma or third-party intervention as the cause. The investigation includes interviews and seizures of materials related to the case. Kick has suspended and banned the co-streamers involved pending the inquiry and pledged to review its moderation rules. The tragedy has sparked widespread debate in France and internationally about online platform responsibility, the regulation of violent content, and the psychological effects of such streams on audiences and vulnerable individuals. Politicians, including deputies Arthur Delaporte and Bartolomé Lenoir, have called for stricter regulation and parliamentary inquiries. The streamer’s family has condemned the humiliations he suffered, and experts have highlighted the broader societal issues of violence as entertainment and the challenges of policing digital platforms. The case has raised urgent questions about the accountability of streaming services and the protection of content creators from exploitation and abuse.