Twitch Has Banned Alinity

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Streamer Alinity's latest drama has resulted in her being banned from Twitch after receiving a copyright strike, but the website has given her a way to return. The popular streamer has been banned and unbanned from Twitch in the past, so most fans are confident she will be back.

Alinity's Twitch ban last year resulted in her threatening to switch streaming platforms due to what she saw as inconsistent enforcement by Twitch. However, she eventually returned to the website after her ban was lifted. Alinity's popularity on Twitch has steadily grown since she started streaming in 2016 and peaked in late 2021 and 2022 when she often averaged over 5,000 viewers. While she hasn't returned to those numbers, her channel is still very successful, with her streams in 2024 usually averaging at least 2,500 viewers. However, her streaming career recently hit its newest roadblock.

On Twitter, Alinity posted a screenshot of an email from Twitch explaining that her new copyright strike can be removed by completing «Copyright School» by May 21. The school apparently consists of one learning module that can be accessed through Twitch's Creator Camp and ends with a short quiz. It seems that Twitch has become more understanding when it comes to copyright strikes and the many rules surrounding them, as the email explains that Copyright School was created to help alleviate the confusion around this topic. Alinity's caption for the tweet reads, «I’ve been copy-struck! And I gotta attend copyright school» followed by a crying emoji and laughing emoji, so it seems that the streamer does plan to complete the course and return to Twitch.

Recently, Twitch's CEO agreed that the website needs to improve its methods around bans and suspensions. He explained that Twitch is reworking its strike system and trying to implement a «punishment fits the crime» approach rather than a uniform one.

As for Alinity, this is just the newest chapter in her dramatic Twitch history. Back in 2020, she and Ninja got