Politico December 5, 2025
As chief technology officer of the livestreaming platform Twitch, Christine Weber oversees the digital infrastructure undergirding a social media space that has fostered a new class of political commentators, turned videogame tournaments into a global phenomenon and helped make chess hip again. She talks to us about what we can learn from space operas, and why AI isn’t quite ready to take over content moderation. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
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