Overview

• The regulator confirmed a formal investigation into Kick’s handling of harmful content and warned of fines up to AU$49.5 million, with possible under‑16 access limits under rules due in December.
• Oversight has shifted to Australia because Kick is based there, while French authorities continue a judicial inquiry into what occurred on the stream.
• French streamer Raphaël Graven, known as Jean Pormanove, died on August 18 during a roughly 12‑day livestream that had run about 280 hours.
• French prosecutors said an autopsy found no signs of traumatic injury or third‑party intervention, and further inquiries are ongoing.
• Kick banned the co‑streamers involved, cut ties with a French social media agency after backlash, and said it is urgently reviewing the circumstances.