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Pokimane leaves Twitch due to a rise in "manosphere, red pill bullsh*t"

Imane "Pokimane" Anys announced earlier this week she was leaving Twitch and has taken to her podcast to explain why. I…

"It's hard for me to exist in an industry and community and watch that shit happen and act like it's no big deal, to see it be normalised - the kind of bigotry and shit-spewing and just so much stuff that I frankly don't agree with," she said. Pokimane also described Twitch as "messy", citing recent examples like the sexual content and attire updates and the way the company often backtracks on changes. However, she won't be streaming on Kick due to it being funded by "online crypto gambling websites that are not legal in a lot of countries that in my opinion are kind of shady".

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