Trump’s Account on Twitch Suspended
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Donald Trump's account on the streaming platform Twitch was suspended for violating hateful conduct policy, as social networking site Reddit shut down his largest community of supporters on the same day.
The subreddit 'The_Donald' was the most popular community devoted to supporters of the US president and included more than 790,000 users, who often used the space to post political memes and videos.
Reddit executives have accused the group of targeting and harassing individuals and consistently breaking its conduct rules.“Reddit is a place for community and belonging, not for attacking people,” the company’s Chief Executive Steve Huffman told reporters on Monday, RT reported.
Reddit also banned multiple other accounts for violating their policies, though some have accused the company of using a mass ban to cover up a bias against the Trump community. "Reddit's ban (of) a bunch of mostly irrelevant subreddits (apart from ChapoTrapHouse) is just cover to ban r/The_Donald, which was the largest pro-MAGA community on the Internet," tweeted YouTuber and Human Events Managing Editor Ian Miles Cheong.
Twitch flagged and removed multiple pieces of content from the president as hateful – some of which is incredibly old, including a rebroadcast of Trump's kickoff rally, in which he infamously claimed that many illegal immigrants are the "worst" Mexico has to offer.
“Like anyone else, politicians on Twitch must adhere to our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. We do not make exceptions for political or newsworthy content, and will take action on content reported to us that violates our rules,” a Twitch spokesperson said.
Twitch promised last week to be more active in policing accounts, following numerous allegations of harassment against streamers.
Unlike the subreddit 'The_Donald', the Twitch account, which was launched in October, was officially connected to the US president and used to stream campaign events and rallies.
