Banned Twitch Creator Jidion Calls out Platform for Alleged Racism and Sexism

Banned Twitch Creator Jidion Calls out Platform for Alleged Racism and Sexism

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On Jan. 12, 2022, JiDion was banned from Twitch after accusations arose that he had harassed Moroccan-Canadian creator Pokimane, according to Inven Global.

Allegedly, he had encouraged members of his chat to visit her live stream, and type "L + Ratio" in her chat, meaning to disparage and annoy her.

Not only that, but he egged his streamers to "whisper" to people in her stream and harass them privately. "Whispering" is a way to chat privately via DM with other users on Twitch.

Because of all the chaos that broke out, Pokimane decided to end her live stream early.

"I think I am going to end stream because ... as much as I can deal with this, I don't like that people on his stream are whispering [to] people on my stream. I'll put up with the bulls--t, but I don't want you guys to put up with bulls--t," she said as she checked out.

JiDion was then reported and sentenced to a 14-day suspension — which was shortly upped to a permaban, or permanent ban, after other users complained that two weeks wasn't long enough.

On Twitter, JiDion owned up to what he did and asked his followers to use the hashtag #TwitchFreeJiDion to help get the decision reversed. He also tried to squash any rumors that suggested he launched a hate raid against her because of her gender.

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