Twitch streamer SmaK was suddenly banned for 30 days after making a joke during a recent livestream. The streamer said the ban came just moments after he made comments about wanting to “go away” while talking about strange messages he had been reading in his chat. The suspension quickly became confusing because SmaK said he was not actually talking about harming himself. He later revealed that Twitch had removed the ban and apologized for what happened. The incident has once again raised questions about how Twitch’s automated moderation system handles comments made during livestreams.
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Twitch streamer SmaK hit with sudden 30-day Twitch ban after joking about needing to go away
The incident happened on July 31 while SmaK was live on Twitch. During the stream, he was reading unusual messages from his chat when he started joking about not wanting to stream anymore.
SmaK said, “I need to not exist in this world anymore,” before adding that he needed to “go away for a long time.” He explained that he had been seeing and hearing so much strange content every day that he did not know if he could handle it anymore.
