Twitch allegedly has secret \u201cStrike Guide\u201d for deciding bans Instagram\/PhantomL0rdJames \u2018PhantomL0rd\u2019 Vargas\u2019 lawsuit against Twitch may have revealed some fascinating aspects of the Amazon-owned platform\u2019s decision making as it pertains to bans. Twitch has long been scrutinized for how it dishes out bans to streamers and now PhantomL0rd is claiming the site has secret policies in place that are especially concerning. On Friday, April 23, it was revealed that Vargas won his lawsuit against Twitch for wrongfully banning him back in 2016. According to Vargas, during the trial, the jury found Twitch \u201cbreached its standard partner contract, acted in bad faith, and committed fraud by making numerous misrepresentations to me.\u201d Now, the former streamer has delved a bit deeper into Twitch\u2019s actions, including how the jury felt about the platform\u2019s \u201csecret enforcement policies\u201d for bans. \u201cThe jury determined that because of its conduct, Twitch waived any enforcement of its Terms of Service,\u201d PhantomL0rd wrote in an April 28 Twitlonger. \u201cAlso in this trial, Twitch\u2019s secret \u2018Strike Guide\u2019 \u2013 its undisclosed list of rules \u2018violations\u2019 \u2013 was revealed and given the scrutiny it deserved.\u201d This is a big deal, because it shows the jury was strongly against Twitch\u2019s guide and its violations \u2013 something that would surely stir up a lot of controversy if it was ever made public. He further stated, \u201cTwitch\u2019s arbitrary and baseless punishment system was found to be improper. Regrettably, Twitch still does not comprehend how inappropriate its punishment system is and asked the court to place the secret \u2018Strike Guide\u2019 under seal.\u201d As Dexerto previously reported, PhantomL0rd has claimed Twitch is trying to keep him from discussing the lawsuit, implying that there could be some extremely damning details related to how the site conducts itself tucked away. Read More: xQc confirms plans for Twitch subathon – PhantomL0rd went on to add that he believes Twitch needs to evaluate its TOS and \u201cillegal punishment system.\u201d \u201cIt is about time that light be shown on Twitch\u2019s actions so that all streamers are treated fairly. Also, we expect the judge to address my unfair competition claim in due time,\u201d he concluded. PhantomL0rd says he will be discussing more details and answering questions during a YouTube broadcast on Thursday, April 29 at 8am PST, 11am EST, 3:00pm UTC. It\u2019s not clear how deep he\u2019ll go into the case, but with the pot now stirred, it will be interesting to see what more comes of it and if Twitch\u2019s secret strike guide will be revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch allegedly has secret \u201cStrike Guide\u201d for deciding bans Instagram\/PhantomL0rdJames \u2018PhantomL0rd\u2019 Vargas\u2019 lawsuit against Twitch may have revealed some fascinating aspects of the Amazon-owned platform\u2019s decision making as it pertains to bans. Twitch has long been scrutinized for how it dishes out bans to streamers and now PhantomL0rd is claiming the site has secret policies […]<\/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-62180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62180","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=62180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}