Twitch streamer ClawOnTwitch gets banned from Twitch again, but this time for different reasons. ClawOnTwitch is already a controversial streamer, as he has history with Twitch, first getting banned in 2020 for showing nudity in his streams, which is against Twitch's rules.
These days, there is a lot of news online about Twitch bans, some which is surprising and unique and some which is rote and mundane. However, allegations of domestic violence are taken very seriously by the company and ClawOnTwitch was banned before any questions were even asked.
Based on allegations of domestic violence that were brought forward by popular YouTuber, Destiny, who happened to be present during ClawOnTwitch's livestream, ClawOnTwitch is now banned. During a stream, Destiny played an audio recording of ClawOnTwitch allegedly abusing his current girlfriend with audible screams and sounds that could be construed as violence and/or abuse, which is ultimately the cause for him to be banned on Twitch.
A lot of times, accusations can be just as harmful to streamers and online personalities, as they make a living off of the general public's perception of them. However, when it comes to situations that involve violence or other similarly serious things, Twitch is not taking any chances. So, ClawOnTwitch is currently banned for an undecided amount of time. ClawOnTwitch is sticking to his guns about the allegations being entirely false and spoke to another streamer, Chaeiry, about how people are just out to sully his name.
Most of the news that people see about Twitch in recent times is controversial, which may just be a product of media and how it has had a lasting impact on people's attention. There is something to be said about how only dramatic, sensational news sells, and so people are no longer interested in anything unless it has a certain dramatic flare or controversy associated with it.
Of course, there is a lot of fun, exciting content on Twitch, like this Twitch streamer that completed all 296 N64 games on stream, and sometimes, it doesn't get its place in the spotlight because of all the negative news floating around. Amid all the gambling stream controversies and other streamer controversies, it is easy to get lost in all the negativity, but at least some streamers and gamers still use Twitch as a community platform to share in the enjoyment of video games.
As ClawOnTwitch faces yet another ban and other streamers are also facing controversies on Twitch, news articles, podcasts, and videos are popping up all over the internet about these stories. Twitch and YouTube both remain popular streaming sites for video games and gamers are still able to find a lot of great content on these sites despite all the controversy.
Source: Dexerto