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Streamer Who Threatened To Shoot People At Twitch HQ Has Permanent Ban Reversed Following Twitter Meltdown

March 30, 2022

A Twitch streamer who in response to being permanently banned from the platform said they'd shoot people at Twitch HQ has, upon review, had their ban reduced to only 22 days. Source: Alice: Madness Returns ...

Twitch Permanently Bans Destiny For “Hateful Conduct,” Streamer Speculates It Was Over His “Claims That Transwomen Shouldn’t Compete With Ciswomen In Women’s Athletics”

Ryan Pearson

March 28, 2022

Video Games

Streamer Destiny has been permanently banned from Twitch for "hateful conduct" and, after a review by moderators, left with no chance to appeal the decision. Source: No One Dares Push Back BECAUSE... | Dest...

Apex Legends Streamer Captain Valenti Banned From Twitch For Threatening To Kill Player’s Entire Family, Mocking US School Shootings

Ryan Pearson

January 10, 2022

Video Games

Apex Legends Streamer Captain Valenti has been banned from Twitch after an incident live on stream in which he threatened to kill another player's entire family, insultingly labeled his opponent as a 'homosexua...

Xbox Co-Creator Says Online Toxicity “Needs To Be Highlighted And Stopped,” Proposes Racist And Sexist Policy In Wake Of Streamer Grenade Queen’s Halo Drama

Spencer Baculi

December 22, 2021

Video Games

Following an incident of trash talking between Twitch affiliate Grenade Queen and a number of random Halo Infinite players, Xbox co-creator Jonathan "Seamus" Blackley has declared that such toxicity - though, u...

Leftist Streamers Vaush And HasanAbi Banned From Twitch For Using ‘Cracker’ As A Slur Against White People

Ryan Pearson

December 16, 2021

Video Games

Left-wing streamers Vaush and HasanAbi have been banned from Twitch, after both used the word cracker as a slur. Source: VaushVidya Twitch Ian Kochinsk (Vaush) and Hasan Piker (HasanAbi) have a lot in co...

Dr. Disrespect To “Sue The F***” Out Of Twitch Over His Permanent Ban

Spencer Baculi

August 27, 2021

Video Games

Popular streamer Guy “Dr. Disrespect” Beahm, who was permanently banned from Twitch for then-unknown reasons in June of last year, has announced that he has not only discovered the actual motivation behind his ...

Twitch To Add 350+ New Content Tags Including Specific “Transgender, Black, Disabled, Veteran, and Vtuber” Tags

Spencer Baculi

May 25, 2021

Video Games

Seeking to give users more options with which to “celebrate” themselves, Twitch will soon introduce over 350 new content discovery tags to their platform. Source: Twitch Blog Related: Twitch Takes First Ac...

Twitch Takes First Action Against ‘Hot Tub’ Streams, Indefinitely Suspends Advertising Eligibility For Popular Streamer Amouranth

Spencer Baculi

May 20, 2021

Video Games

Popular Twitch streamer Kaitlyn ‘Amouranth’ Siragusa has revealed that the streaming platform has “indefinitely suspended advertising” across her entire channel after determining that her regular ‘hot tub’ stre...

Twitch To Begin Banning Users For Off-Site and Offline Harassment Policy Violations

Spencer Baculi

April 13, 2021

Censorship, Video Games

In the latest update to their harassment policy, Twitch has announced that off-site and offline violations will now result in punitive action from the streaming platform, including account bans and investigatio...

Twitch Streamer Chance “sodapoppin” Morris Ends Series On GTA RP Because It Felt Like An “Actual Job”

Josh Berger

March 6, 2021

Celebrity, Video Games

Popular Twitch streamer Chance "sodapoppin" Morris has recently revealed that he will be taking a break from his job on GTA RP, but what makes it even more amusing is the reason why he's chosen to quit: i...

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