“Over the weekend, over 50 people, mostly women, in and around the world of Twitch came forward to accuse streamers and other industry figures, mostly men, of sexual abuse. As the week has progressed, that number has swelled to nearly 100. After the initial wave of accusations, Twitch promised to investigate and potentially take action. Now it has—or at least, it’s started to” writes Nathan Grayson at Kotaku.
“Wednesday night, Twitch banned five streamers who have been accused of sexual misconduct: IamSp00n, Wolv21, BlessRNG, DreadedCone, and WarwitchTV. In a statement posted to its official blog, Twitch said that it is ‘reviewing each case that has come to light as quickly as possible, while ensuring appropriate due diligence.’ It characterized the bans as ‘permanent suspensions,’ meaning the streamers in question won’t be coming back.”