twitch banned Dan Saltman, an outspoken critic of the live-streaming platform and host of Anything Else? podcast The content creator has openly accused Twitch of being anti-Semitic and took particular offense to the fact that Hassan “Hassanabi” Payker was not prosecuted by the platform for his anti-Israel live streams.
In addition, Saltman has openly called on advertisers to stop supporting Twitch in light of alleged anti-Semitism. It is unclear whether the content creator's requests were directly effective. However, journalist Richard Lewis recently said that sources at Twitch confirmed that approximately 11 “corporations and agencies” have suspended their advertising initiatives on the platform.
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On November 21, Saltman announced that he had been suspended from Twitch indefinitely. The streamer claims that he had planned to delete his account anyway and that he was not surprised by the company's decision. “Looks like someone has definitely been watching my account like a hawk,” Saltman said on Twitter while discussing the issue. The content creator asked his viewers to be activists and urge advertisers to ditch Twitch. He has also created websites pointing out discrepancies in the platform's moderation decisions, which he claims are based on racism at the highest level. “The very fact that it took so long [to ban me] it's almost an ode [sic] to Twitch's incompetence,” the streamer said.
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Notably, Saltman was also scheduled to appear live with fellow content creator Osmongold, who planned to “expose” Twitch. While Dan Saltman has called out some of the company's employees for racism and even created websites to force CEO Dan Clancy to resign, there seems to be more to uncover. According to Osmangold, in fact, “some of the most damaging information has yet to be released,” and Saltman believes that his suspension from Twitch was in part to “prevent me from talking to other creators.” It is now unclear whether Osmangold will live-stream the autopsy.
Losing advertisers isn't the only problem a streaming platform can face. In November, entrepreneur Elon Musk added Twitch to his lawsuit against Twitter advertisers. According to the lawsuit, at least 18 companies formed an illegal alliance that conspired to boycott the social media site in November 2022. Twitch, according to Musk, has not bought Twitter ads in the United States since then and has spent minimal advertising dollars. on the site in other countries.
However, it wasn't just unpleasant events for the Amazon-owned company. On November 22nd, Twitch streamer Kai Sinat surpassed 500,000 subscribers, thanks in part to his subathon that started on November 1st. No other streamer in history has achieved that number, which is a remarkable achievement for the 22-year-old.
