Most recently, Fortnite streamer Clix was also affected. He received a permanent ban due to an inappropriate image, which was lifted after much criticism and just one day later. The story can be found here:
Twitch permanently bans young Fortnite pro – apparently due to inappropriate image
The streamer and YouTuber GeorgeNotFound was banned on Twitch. The curious thing: there were two bans within 24 hours due to his username. Shortly after, the bans were lifted, leaving confused fans behind.
This is what happened: The streamer George “GeorgeNotFound” Davidson informed his viewers on Twitter that his second channel named “ThisIsNotGeorgeNotFound” was banned by Twitch. The streaming platform cited an “inappropriate username” as the reason.
Not even 24 hours later, the streamer received another notification from Twitch. He was banned again. This time, the reason given was “harassment in the username.”
Both bans were issued indefinitely – essentially permanent. So, GeorgeNotFound received a kind of permanent ban twice in just a few hours for a username that at first glance appears neither inappropriate nor harassing.
Ultimately, however, both bans were lifted. The Twitch channel of GeorgeNotFound is currently accessible normally again.
Ban from Twitch confuses streamer and fans
So here is the current status: No real reason for the two bans and the later backtracking has been provided – at least the streamer himself seems to still be confused on Twitter.
On Twitter, GeorgeNotFound wrote just 20 hours ago: “I’m unbanned hahahahaha”
Generally, there is a lot of laughter on Twitter about the bans and their lifting. Well-known Minecraft YouTubers like dream or TommyInnit also join the discussions in the comments. For example, dream jokingly writes about the second ban: “This is great”
Why did the bans occur? This is somewhat questionable. The second ban of the streamer could be a clue. It was said that the channel name “ThisIsNotGeorgeNotFound” would insult another user.
It may well be that Twitch classified this name as insulting to the main channel named “GeorgeNotFound.” Perhaps the Twitch staff initially did not know of the connection between the two channels. When they later discovered the connection, the ban was quickly reversed.
However, this is just a theory from fans. There is not yet a precise reason publicly available.
Much criticism over unjustified bans
Here’s the situation with bans on Twitch: The streaming platform has recently come under fire for its lack of transparency in banning policies. Many viewers accuse the platform of having an imbalance in its bans. Some streamers get banned for things that other streamers only receive a warning for.
Our author Schuhmann wrote about this: Twitch’s banning policy is becoming increasingly ridiculous.
The case of GeorgeNotFound is indeed curious and funny rather than scandalous, yet it shows once again that some bans on Twitch are executed suddenly and seemingly thoughtlessly.
Have there been similar cases? GeorgeNotFound was not the first streamer to return after a permanent ban. A prominent case was the Swedish streamer forsen. He opened links from viewers, unknowingly showing an image with sodomy. Twitch punished this with a permanent ban.
After much backlash from the community, this ban was lifted after a few weeks.
Most recently, Fortnite streamer Clix was also affected. He received a permanent ban due to an inappropriate image, which was lifted after much criticism and just one day later. The story can be found here:
Twitch permanently bans young Fortnite pro – apparently due to inappropriate image
