Twitch: Permanently banned streamers can now try to recover their accounts

Having an account permanently banned on Twitch can be one of a streamer’s biggest nightmares these days, but now, the Amazon platform has decided to give it another chance and channels banned for an indefinite period of time will be able to return to action.

But calm down, not everyone will be eligible for this.

In a post on its official blog, Twitch revealed a new appeal tool for streamers banned for an indefinite period on the platform, the so-called “perma ban”.

The platform’s decision was made after several famous streamers, such as iShowSpeed, had their channels back after a “perma ban”.

A new chance for streamers banned from Twitch

According to Twitch, streamers permanently banned from the platform will be able to appeal the decision after six months of their ban.

To do this, the user must use the Twitch appeals tool, in the platform’s Security Center. Again, not everyone banned will be eligible to get their channel back.

According to Twitch itself, streamers who have been banned for serious injuries, involving violence, threats and other illegal and/or serious activities, will not have the opportunity to recover their channels.

This is yet another action by Twitch in relaxing its rules to better fit into an increasingly competitive live streaming scenario.

It is worth remembering that temporary suspensions can be challenged within 180 days after the ban.

Ban Statistics

Despite being a very controversial topic in the Twitch community of streamers and users, bans from the platform, according to data published on its official blog, correspond to a very small number.

In fact, according to Twitch, around 97% of streamers on the platform have never received a single suspension. Despite this, the topic of banning has become frequent, thanks to some big streamers being temporarily or permanently suspended from Amazon’s live streaming platform.

Some, like iShowSpeed, are able to recover their channels, even if it takes more than a year to do so.