Donald Trump Unbanned on Twitch
Former President Donald Trump's Twitch account has been unbanned. Twitch originally issued the DonaldTrump account an indefinite ban in 2021 shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. According to a statement from Twitch at the time, the ban was handed down "due to the ongoing risk of further incitement of violence."
Twitch will be reinstating Donald Trump's account today, Twitch tells me:
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) July 19, 2024
"We reinstated former President Trump’s channel. We believe there is value in hearing from Presidential nominees directly, when possible. Trump is now the official Republican nominee for US president."
The news was first broken by esports journalist Rod "Slasher" Breslau, who received a statement from Twitch on the decision. The streaming platform said that the now-official Republican nominee will receive the same enforcement on future infractions of Community Guidelines as any other streamer.
Twitch says that Trump's account will continue to be monitored the same as everyone else
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) July 19, 2024
"We continue to enforce our Community Guidelines and take necessary enforcement action when we identify violations of our rules. Twitch doesn’t have a ‘public figure policy,’ meaning all…
The DonaldTrump account was created in late 2019 according to data from SullyGnome. During 2020, the then-president reached a peak viewership of just under 5,000 concurrent viewers and streamed for a total of 326 hours throughout the year.
TRENT MURRAY
Trent has covered esports since the birth of the LCS. He also led content strategy and served as Senior Writer for The Esports Observer and Sports Business Journal, and worked on the development team for Rushdown Revolt.