Fortnite Star Allegedly Hit Pregnant Girlfriend During Stream. Why Hasn’t Twitch Banned Him?
There are a lot of things that can get you booted from Twitch, the video streaming site where gamers broadcast the action live to fans.
Players have been banned from the Amazon-owned platform for falling asleep on camera, flashing their viewers, and exploiting technical bugs to mow down their digital opponents. One guy was tossed off for vomiting. The penalties often provoke outrage from streamers and their fans, who say Twitch’s rules are too complicated or the enforcement too arbitrary.
But now viewers and players—and even one Twitch executive—are criticizing the site over the leniency shown to one streamer accused of committing domestic violence during one of his streams.