The streaming service Twitch is known for its secrecy. They usually never comment on why they ban a streamer. To this day, it remains a mystery why DrDisrespect was banned from the platform in June 2020. But in the case of Adin Ross (22), they are now making an exception.
This is what Adrin Ross said about his ban: The 22-year-old streamer claims that Twitch banned him completely without reason. He says he did nothing.
With this statement, two things were implied:
- Twitch wants to punish him for switching to the competitor “Kick”.
- Twitch wants to “cancel” him for his uncomfortable views. He had already hinted that Twitch wanted to silence him – just like his mentor Andrew Tate.
Reason for the ban: Racist and anti-Semitic messages in Twitch chat
This is what Twitch says: In a statement to the US site Dexerto Twitch explains that Ross was banned because hateful content in his Twitch chat remained unmoderated.
Messages with “racist or anti-Semitic content” are not allowed on Twitch – they must be moderated, i.e., deleted.
What exactly happened? As Dexerto knows, Ross intentionally shared the chat of his Kick channel on Twitch for 20 minutes on February 24 and left it unmoderated. There were several “racist and anti-Semitic messages” there.
This ultimately led to his eighth and apparently permanent ban from Twitch.
Why is this so rare? Normally, Twitch itself does not disclose reasons for bans. They inform the streamers they ban of the reason for the ban in an email but do not issue a statement themselves. Whether the streamers make the ban public or not is up to them.
To this day, it remains completely open why one of the most famous streamers on Twitch, DrDisrespect, received a permanent ban from the platform. There are many rumors that Twitch banned him for “business reasons”, but Twitch has never commented on this.
However, in Adin Ross’s case, they are now making an exception. Apparently, too many rumors were circulating that the streamer could have been banned for less than noble reasons.
There is a known case where Twitch stated why they banned someone: This was in June 2020. At that time, they suspended the account of Donald Trump, the then-President of the USA.
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