Twitch disables Trump’s channel over ‘incendiary rhetoric’

Following a slate of temporary and permanent bans from a number of the top online platforms, popular video streaming service

Twitch

today confirmed that it has disabled the President of the United States’ account. A spokesperson for the site told TechCrunch,

In light of yesterday’s shocking attack on the Capitol, we have disabled President Trump’s Twitch channel. Given the current extraordinary circumstances and the President’s incendiary rhetoric, we believe this is a necessary step to protect our community and prevent Twitch from being used to incite further violence.

Trump’s suspension is indefinite at this time. “We are focused on minimizing harm leading up to the transition of government and will reassess his account after he leaves office,” a Twitch spokesperson told TechCrunch.

Twitch also

temporarily suspended

the President’s channel in June. At the time, it told TechCrunch, “Hateful conduct is not allowed on Twitch. In line with our policies, President Trump’s channel has been issued a temporary suspension from Twitch for comments made on stream, and the offending content has been removed.”

Twitch’s actions follow similar measures taken by Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, which over the course of the last day all placed new restrictions on the president’s account. Facebook took the unprecedented step of suspending the president’s account for the remainder of his term, which ends on January 20.

The company previously removed

the “PogChamp” emote

featuring the face of gaming figure Ryan Gutierrez after he expressed support for pro-Trump rioters during Wednesday’s chaos on Capitol Hill.

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