Twitch Streamers From The Middle East Have Been Left Without Payments

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As popular as Twitch is, being the biggest platform for gamers to broadcast their playthroughs and chat with like-minded individuals, there have been numerous contentious shenanigans over the years. The Amazon-owned website has been marred in controversies, including some questionable use of its infamous «ban hammer» as well as last year's hate raid scandal. Now, it seems as though there are some issues of a monetary concern as a number of streamers report that they've been unable to withdraw their payments.

According to a recent report, some Twitch content creators from the Middle East have been almost reduced to pleading with the website, which has blocked payments. At the time of writing, there doesn't seem to be any discernible reason as to why this has happened, though it could be related to a discrepancy regarding «certain tax information» that's been provided, but outside that, it's not clear as to what's going on, exactly. As can be imagined, streamers affected are unhappy, even a little concerned about their income.

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User POWR OSAMAH went on to say that it's «unfair» that it has seemingly «singled out» people in the Middle East and blocked payments. OSAMAH goes on to say that what they do on the platform is their main job, and that not being paid could potentially lead them to being homeless. While it's not known how much these streamers make, it's possible for Twitch broadcasters to make a living through streaming income, so the loss of it is quite serious.

This is also not the first time something like this has happened. Late last year, Bbjess said Twitch owed her thousands of dollars, for an undisclosed reason at the time the story broke, and that she wasn't