Pokimane explains why she thinks Twitch ban for DMCA strikes is \u201ctotally fair\u201d Twitch: PokimaneImane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has come out in defense of her Twitch ban, explaining why it\u2019s \u201ctotally fair\u201d she was whacked with a site suspension for watching Avatar and other popular TV series in the last few days. Twitch has been awash with one thing these past few days: the controversial \u201cTV show\u201d meta, where stars flick on long-running series for their entire streams. Streamers have been watching everything from Gordon Ramsay\u2019s cooking shows, to iconic anime franchises like Naruto, Food Wars \u2014 one choice Pokimane quickly realized was a mistake \u2014 and Hunter x Hunter, and cult show Avatar The Last Airbender, the last of which got Pokimane banned. That shock January 8 ban set the fox among the chickens. While many declared it \u201cthe end of Twitch,\u201d banned star Pokimane has actually come out in support of her suspension, claiming it was the right thing to do. Anys, who was freed from her 48-hour suspension late on January 9, shocked many by supporting her ban soon after she was blocked from the streaming site. In fact, she was firmly in Amazon\u2019s camp for the whole affair. The Twitch streamer said she \u201cwasn\u2019t surprised\u201d by her suspension, and went on to admit she doesn\u2019t think it is \u201cunfair\u201d either \u2014 it was actually something she was expecting to happen sooner rather than later. \u201cIn my opinion,\u201d the star wrote on Twitter on January 9, \u201cit was inevitable publishers would take action, on me or someone else, during this Twitch react meta.\u201d just to be clear, i’m not surprised and i don’t think this is unfair. imo, it was inevitable that publishers would take action, on me or someone else, during this react meta. will chat more about this monday, when I can further elaborate on the situation! \ud83d\udc9c \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) January 9, 2022 Pokimane\u2019s now-controversial January 8 stream, where she watched Avatar The Last Airbender for more than six hours in a row, was the first time the Twitch star had joined the TV meta in any major way. She hit a 30.9k viewer highwater-mark and streamed in \u2018Just Chatting.\u2019 Ironically, her stream title was \u201cWe\u2019re finally gonna do it\u2026 hopefully nothin crazy happens.\u201d Pokimane is expected to return to her regular Twitch streaming schedule on Monday, January 10, where she plans to address everything regarding the \u201cTV meta,\u201d her suspension, and future broadcast plans. \u201cI will chat more about this situation on Monday,\u201d the Moroccan-Canadian star promised her worried fans. \u201c[I can] further elaborate on the situation then.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane explains why she thinks Twitch ban for DMCA strikes is \u201ctotally fair\u201d Twitch: PokimaneImane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys has come out in defense of her Twitch ban, explaining why it\u2019s \u201ctotally fair\u201d she was whacked with a site suspension for watching Avatar and other popular TV series in the last few days. Twitch has been awash […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}