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Twitch Bans Several Arab Streamers Following 'Habibi' Ratings Panel At TwitchCon
The ADL issued a statement accusing one streamer of [spreading] “antisemitic vitriol’ at the September conference
The 30-day bans were handed out seemingly simultaneously and came after days of social media dialogue accusing several Arab and pro-Palestinian Twitch streamers of being antisemitic. A clip of Fr0gan saying that she “hoped” American soldiers got PTSD during a livestream was shared across X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit and commented on by YouTuber Ethan Klein and Steven Kenneth Bonnell II, aka Destiny. “We appreciate@Twitch making the right decision to finally suspend the streamer Frogan for abusing her platform and the@TwitchCon event to spread antisemitic vitriol during this time of intense apprehension for the Jewish community,” the official ADL account posted in a thread.
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