It seems 2020 is a year filled with high-profile streamers being banned from Twitch, be it permanently or temporarily. While some Twitch users have been banned for understandable and sometimes concerning reasons, many are being banned for controversial reasons, or even lack any significant reason at all. One recent notable streamer to be affected by this is a user known as m0xyy.
At the time of the ban, m0xyy had over 500,000 followers, making him a fairly popular figure in the streaming community. He originally began streaming on Twitch back in 2015, however his channel is now stripped of all that history.
Like many other recent examples on Twitch, m0xyy has been banned due to the DMCA strikes hitting thousands of streamers across the platform. Shortly before the ban, the streamer posted his concern on his Twitter about the possibility of something happening in the future. It seems those concerns would come to fruition for him sooner than expected.
Some didn’t expect m0xyy’s ban to be permanent, with other Twitch streamers only getting temporary strikes relating to the DMCA claims. However, it seems that m0xyy will have to move to a different streaming platform in order to not lose his status. There is a chance, however, that he could fight for his channel back just like League of Legends streamer Voyboy, who got his channel back on Twitch after an apparently permanent ban.
Both streamers and viewers seem to be unhappy with the recent wave of Twitch bans relating to DMCA strikes occurring this year, to the extent that Twitch has released a statement apologizing. Many are in situations where they are getting strikes over very old or deleted content, and considering many big streamers get the majority of their income from Twitch, these bans are also putting the livelihoods of many in danger.
As of November 14, 2020 m0xyy hasn’t posted any more tweets relating to the DMCA strikes or the ban itself. It is unknown if the streamer is in contact with Twitch representatives in order to work through a possible process to undo the ban, or if he is beginning to process of moving to a new platform.
With this trend of bans, it is very likely Twitch viewers will see even more popular and big name streamers losing their platform before the end of 2020. Many can only hope that Twitch staff can better regulate what goes into user bans so that many aren’t losing their means of income.
Source: Dexerto
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