Since opening up as a public beta back in 2011, Twitch has grown to be one of the biggest streaming platforms in the world drawing in millions of viewers every month. As such, Twitch is generally strict towards some of its policy implementations and is often quick to ban streamers altogether whenever it detects content that is considered offensive or problematic. One of these streamers who have been on the receiving end of Twitch's ban-hammer is Sanchovies. However, now it appears things have turned around for the streamer.
Known for his League of Legends streams, Sanchovies has been growing his presence noticeably over the past few years. Recently, the 24-year-old streamer has managed to rack up over 300,000 followers on the platform. But on April 20, Sanchovies was served with his first ban. Although many assumed the ban wouldn't last long, Sanchovies was out of Twitch for six days before the platform unbanned him, only to ban him again hours later.
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Nevertheless, exactly one month after the initial ban Sanchovies is now unbanned again from Twitch. The streamer had earlier stated that the reason for the ban was because of an outburst where he threatened to bomb his internet service provider at the end of a stream. «What I said was super irresponsible as somebody with a considerably large audience,» the 24-year-old mentioned at the time, «I apologize for that. It was an awful, awful joke to make, and it'll never happen again.»
High-profile bans are nothing new on Twitch. In fact, they tend to make headlines on a regular basis. For instance, back in April, one of the platform's biggest streamers, Adin Ross was banned indefinitely over hate speech. Though the streamer claimed to be unsure of the exact
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