168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Twitch recently banned Hasan Piker, known on the platform as HasanAbi, for saying cracker, a word Twitch guidelines consider a racial slur. Given every publication that's covered the ban has had no issue with printing the word cracker in full, it's clearly not that offensive a word. Hasan's suspension is now over, a week after it started.
The whole incident began when Twitch banned two of Hasan's mods for using cracker as an insult. Many were surprised that this was considered a racial slur - as Twitch doesn't have a public list of them, it's hard to tell where the Amazon-owned streaming service will draw the line.
The ban caused some controversy due to Twitch's inconsistent methods for dealing with racism, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:hate raids, and harassment against minority streamers. In the summer, many streamers protested Twitch's lack of action and didn't go live. ADayOffTwitch saw ಌ5,000 fewer livestreams and half a million fewer viewers compared to the same day the previous week.
Twitch did add a verified chat mode where users have to confirm a mobile number and email address before they are able to take part in a chat with these filters in place, which should help some people. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Twitch also filed lega💜l action against two use🧸rs for "ta🍃rgeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist and other harassing content,"🥃 so the day off protest seems to have caused some change.
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In other recent streamer news, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Ludwig was snubbed in Twitch's 2021 recap. The streamer 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:recently moved to YouTube, and it seems Twitch has retaliated by ensuring no mention of him was made in fans' end-of-year statistics. Dr Disrespect has also been in the news for launching a triple-A video game studio, Midnight Society, with ex-Halo and Call of Duty veterans.