Twitch has had a lot of ban-related controversy of late, but the latest fiasco is something different altogether. Twitch streamer SHiFT has received an inappropriate content warning for a SpongeBob SquarePants emoji frequently used in his chat.

The streamer is known for playing SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, so many of his channel's emojis are SpongeBob-themed. One of these emojis stems from an episode where SpongeBob accidentally rips his pants and gets a good reaction for doing so, so he then repeatedly does the same thing on purpose and ruins the impact of his own incidental joke. For SHiFT's channel, someone had added the words 'RIP' over Spongebob's pants, with the emoji intended to be used whenever SHiFT gets defeated in Battle for Bikini Bottom.

Of course, as a direct edit from SpongeBob SquarePants, there's no actual adult content - it's just a cartoon sea sponge who's accidentally ripping his pants and has underwear underneath. In response to the warning email, SHiFT took to Twitter to blast Twitch for the warning, rhetorically asking them if they were joking and accusing the platform of having double standards when it comes to how the platform allows scantily-clad streamers with questionable emotes.

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The last month has seen Twitch become much more proactive when it comes to policing what it views as adult content: the platform temporary banned Amouranth after a wardrobe mishap. Even this mistake, which is entirely human, can be considered more of a reason for a ban than a SpongeBob emote.

Twitch's own suggested content algorithm had accidentally promoted adult content on  Ninja's dormant Twitch channel as well, though this was quickly fixed by the platform. There are a lot of channels on Twitch that find themselves edging as close to the line as they can when it comes to adult content, but SHiFT's regular SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom stream certainly isn't one of them.

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Source: Dexerto