Middle Eastern streamers call out Twitch for blocking payouts on the basis of “discrepancy with certain tax information”
According to OldNoobs on Twitter, a tax service for Twitch streamers, they have received over 250 tickets from Middle Eastern streamers, claiming they were blocked from receiving a monthly payout. This has led to an outcry on Twitter, calling for fair treatment for Middle Eastern streamers.
According to the OldNoobs Twitter account, the company's support isn’t helping the Middle Eastern streamers, and instead of taking care of the issue, it is simply blocking hundreds of streamers from receiving the payouts they earned on the platform.
They claim the platform does not support Middle Eastern streamers, and upon reaching out for email support, no answer is being given.
These streamers still have their partner or affiliate status and have subscription buttons on their streams, but are allegedly not being allowed to get the revenue they earned. According to them, it feels like an entire region is being abused, due to a bug in their system.
As of the time of this writing, the Amazon-owned platform has yet to make a statement.
Several Twitch streamers from the Middle East region have spoken out about this on Twitter as well. OSAMAH, a Twitch Partner with 147k followers on the platform, sent out a tweet about the situation. He said it’s unfair that the platform is banning his incoming revenue for no reason.
In the video clip he sent along with the tweet, he stated that streaming was his only job, and that he’d be homeless without the income provided by his stream. Subsequently, his followers on Twitter responded.
Another streamer, ohmyTalal, a Twitch Partner with 45k followers, talked about this issue on Twitter as well. They understand about blocking one or two people for tax discrepancies, but an entire region is incredibly unfair.
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