The streamer DrWitnesser was permanently banned from the streaming platform Twitch in January 2021. He mainly showcased Fortnite on the platform and talked about his Christian faith. In March 2021, he plans to sue Twitch: he believes the ban discriminates against him as a Christian.
These are DrWitnesser’s bans: DrWitnesser has been banned from Twitch three times within 6 months:
- In July 2020, he told a Muslim boy in Fortnite that he would go to hell if he died right now. For this, the streamer received a 7-day ban from Twitch.
- A second ban also lasted 7 days; we did not report on this incident at that time on MeinMMO.
- A third and final ban occurred in January 2021 for DrWitnesser – Twitch stated that the streamer exhibited hateful behavior towards an individual or a group of individuals.
DrWitnesser states: He doesn’t know the exact reason why he was banned from Twitch for the second and third time. Nobody knows the reason.
This is what he says about the lawsuit: The streamer considers the ban from Twitch to be “illegal,” arguing it discriminates against him religiously.
Therefore, the streamer now plans to file a lawsuit in the “Superior Court of California – County of San Francisco”, where the lawsuit from “Phant0mLord” against Twitch has also been ongoing for years. He also felt unjustly banned.
The religious streamer says: He is currently on the phone all day or writing emails to find a suitable law firm to represent his lawsuit against Twitch: because they are preventing him from practicing his religion on their platform.
He will not deviate from fighting for justice until Twitch restores his account and withdraws all strikes against him.
“It’s not hate speech – I practice my religion”
DrWitnesser holds the position that: He spreads the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is not against the law to explain to people what the Bible says about the fate of those who do not confess to Jesus. It is the exercise of his religion to convert people. That is neither hate speech nor anything else.
Additionally, he always asks players in Fortnite if they want to talk about the Bible and thus obtains their consent.
Why doesn’t he just go somewhere else? It doesn’t suit him elsewhere. DrWitnesser has already tried YouTube and Facebook after the Twitch ban. However, he does not like the interface for streaming there, he says.
While he has problems with Twitch, he has accused Twitch of being “hypocritical and intolerant”. But apparently, he still prefers the interface of the godless heathens.
How does the streamer behave? DrWitnesser is regularly involved in heated discussions on Twitter. For example, he considers it a “free choice to be gay”.
Even people who identify as Christian seem to find DrWitnesser’s specific orientation confrontational and aggressive. They point out to him that it would be better to emphasize God’s love rather than threaten children with hellfire, but DrWitnesser does not back down in these discussions. Those who criticize him simply do not understand what his faith is really about.
He is sure that he spreads the TRUTH. That cannot possibly be wrong.
At the moment, it seems that DrWitnesser has not yet filed the lawsuit. We’ll see if he finds a law firm to represent his case.
The last lawsuit against Twitch that we reported on at MeinMMO was a bit stranger:
