Twitch declares that “Zionist” is a slur, will issue bans for criticizing “individuals” based on their “religious beliefs or background” (genocide, settler colonialism)

https://archive.ph/qwX4r

Implications for leftist streamers like HasanAbi

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potentially establishing precedents for mass removal and censorship of anti-genocide organizing and education on other major social media platforms

[News mega comment thread: https://hexbear.net/comment/5640369]

  • Chronicon [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    5 hours ago

    he streamed today just a short one since he’s streaming basketball on someone elses account tn, I thought the same thing lol

    he talked about it and basically said it sucks and shat on the bad faith of the people and orgs pushing it, but said he’d abide by it and people in his chat using zionist as an insult were probably going to be logged and banned later by twitch