Twitch has confirmed that former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has lifted a three-year ban on the game streaming platform. A statement from Twitch confirmed the news regarding the status of Trump’s ban on the platform.
“We have reinstated former President Trump’s Twitch channel,” the statement said. “Whenever possible, we believe it is valuable to hear from presidential candidates directly. “Trump is already the official candidate for the presidency of the United States from the Republican Party.”
The Amazon-owned platform was released for the first time In 2020, President Trump’s account for violating his hateful conduct and harassment policies and two weeks later. Twitch On January 6, 2021, following a riot at the U.S. Capitol, due to “existing emergency conditions and the President’s inflammatory rhetoric” Two weeks later, according to a Twitch spokesperson.
During the attack, 4 people died and 174 police officers were injured. In the days and weeks after January 6, three more police officers were killed in the riots. .
Twitch is the latest internet platform to lift a ban on one of Trump’s accounts. Meta rolled back Trump’s restrictions a week ago.
During the presidential campaign against President Joe Biden. His campaign team used the platform to stream his rallies and other events, starting with his stump speech in Minneapolis.
Since then, politics has carved a notable niche on Twitch, with live streams of moments like the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. . Pundits and commentators from both sides of the political aisle also regularly stream live streams of political events and speeches and host debates on Twitch.
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