The truth behind Twitch’s leaked ‘do not ban’ list

On Twitch, bans and suspensions carry higher stakes than a simple timeout. When streamers’ channels are disabled even for a handful of days, they are unable to immediately generate income and longer-term paying subscribers begin to look for the door. Many Twitch users have taken the “do not ban” list as proof that certain streamers are bulletproof — that, for them, these consequences do not truly exist. (Twitch is owned by Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post.)