The streamer Sebastian “forsen” Fors surprisingly announces a return to Twitch. He had been permanently banned after unintentionally showing a bestiality image.
This is what happened: On November 30, Twitch banned forsen. He had reacted to submissions from fans, and there was an image among them that depicted bestiality.
Twitch reacted strictly and banned forsen for “indefinite” time – that is, permanently. This led to criticism, because forsen did not show the image intentionally, and other streamers who experienced similar situations only received a warning.
Now it seems there is a concession from Twitch. The streamer announces via Twitter that he is likely to be unbanned after Christmas. The indefinite ban appears to be lifted.
forsen before return – fans hope for insight
What is interesting about this case: forsen was one of the biggest streamers on Twitch before the ban. He had 1.4 million followers and was in the top 100 on Twitch. A permanent ban for such large streamers is very rare.
The ban brought a lot of criticism with it. Again and again, the streamer Pokimane was mentioned. She is the largest female streamer on Twitch and viewers often accuse Twitch of treating her with kid gloves. For example, Pokimane unintentionally showed pornographic content and only received a warning for it.
forsen had a similar case, but was punished severely for it. Now Twitch seems to be backing off a bit and is likely unbanning the streamer after not even a month.
How fans are reacting: The news from forsen on Twitter was received positively. Some fans no longer expected a return.
Other viewers are now appealing to forsen and hope that he has learned his lesson. He should not trust his viewers blindly and not click on links that he has not checked outside of the stream.
This is how it has gone for forsen so far on Twitch: The streamer has often struggled with bans and has already been banned 3 times in the past.
In one case, the ban was even more unfortunate: He said “Fuck it” with his Swedish accent in a way that sounded like “Faggot”. This is a homophobic insult, which Twitch punishes with bans. However, this ban was lifted after a day.
Nevertheless, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the Swedish streamer. He was banned for insults and his accent was definitely not to blame for that.
Here was a similar case: German streamers were also affected by bans because they opened images that are forbidden on Twitch. A prominent case is the streamer Papaplatte. He has already been banned multiple times by Twitch for unintentionally showing videos that violated the guidelines.
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