Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election
Reading Time: < 1 minutesPrior to the ban, Trump’s team used his channel to broadcast some of his campaigns. With the ban now lifted, his channel can resume doing so.
Twitch, alongside many other tech companies, placed a ban on Trump’s account following the January 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol building. Other companies that did so included Twitter (now X), Facebook and YouTube.
The change comes a few days after Meta announced that Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will no longer be subject to heightened suspension penalties. Meta’s reason for its decision was somewhat similar to Twitch’s: The company said it thinks all presidential nominees should have an equal footing on their platform ahead of the election.
It’s worth noting that YouTube reinstated Trump’s account last year and X did so in 2022 under new leadership from Elon Musk.
‘We continue to enforce our Community Guidelines and take necessary enforcement action when we identify violations of our rules,’ a company spokesperson said in a statement. ‘Twitch doesn’t have a ‘public figure policy,’ meaning all channels are equally subject to our guidelines, regardless of whether the channel belongs to a public figure.’
Prior to the indefinite ban in 2021, Trump’s Twitch account was temporarily suspended in 2020 for broadcasting hateful content.
Ref: techcrunch
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