Key insights
- Twitch banned Chromuchromu on her birthday because of “mature” content, which left fans disappointed.
- Twitch has banned VTuber in the past, calling some of them AI, which increased frustration among streamers.
- Twitch is working to change how bans work, but they won't come into effect until 2025, raising some doubts about their enforcement process.
The popular VTuber Chromuchromu was recently banned Twitch during her birthday. Twitch has often been criticized for inconsistent enforcement of its rules, and some Chromuchromu fans are very disappointed that the ban occurred on this particular day.
With over 35 million active daily users, Twitch is the largest streaming platform in the world. Over the years, the platform has become home to many VTubers, including Chromuchromu, who has had a Twitch channel since 2019. Twitch has a complicated history with VTubers, who have previously been labeled AI and sometimes banned from the platform, which is the case with Chromuchromu, the latest controversy surrounding the topic.
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Chromuchromu recently took to social media to warn fans that her Twitch account has been suspended for seven days. According to VTuber, they were banned on their birthday without violating Twitch's terms of service, a situation they felt was unfair. Chromuchromu explained that they were suspended from the platform due to accusations of being “harmful to minors.” However, they argued that there was “no child endangerment” on the account, that they were in no way acting like a child, and that all streams were marked 18+. However, according to Twitch's Community Guidelines, any kind of sexual depiction of anime characters with childish appearance can result in a ban, and Chromuchromu does not deny that they produce NSFW content.
Popular VTuber Chromuchromu was banned from Twitch on his birthday
As is often the case when a popular VTuber is banned from Twitch, Chromuchromu's fans were not very happy with this birthday surprise. Many of them have commented on social media that this is a terrible situation and that VTubers are constantly being banned from the platform “for no reason.”
It's no secret that Twitch's bans are controversial. Twitch recently promised to change the way strikes and bans work and show users more information about what exactly caused the violation of its rules. However, most of these changes will begin in early 2025, so streamers will likely continue to complain about Twitch's lack of transparency in enforcing its rules for a while.
Although there is often controversy on the platform, YouTube game streamers have been flocking to Twitch again lately. In recent months, popular YouTubers like Myth and FaZe Swagg have moved to Twitch as they look for more revenue and better overall support than they get on Google's platform. In any case, it remains to be seen whether Chromuchromu's ban will end before the end of the seven days, as Twitch has not yet accepted the VTuber's appeal.
