Twitch explains why they won\u2019t ban Sweet Anita despite tics breaking TOS Twitch: sweet_anitaTwitch has explained why they haven\u2019t banned streaming star Sweet Anita from their site. While Anita\u2019s forced \u201cracial and phobic slurs\u201d officially go against the platform\u2019s terms and conditions, Twitch want to create a \u201cwelcoming environment\u201d for disabled users. Gaming sensation Sweet Anita is known for her transparency. From advocating against sexual harassment to getting candid about her mental health, fans have continuously praised her for her openness. The streamer, who also suffers with Tourette\u2019s Syndrome, has spoken previously about viewers sexualizing her condition. In an interview with HuffPost, Anita revealed that men have often fetishized her \u201ctics and outbursts.\u201d On August 12, opened up about her early days on Twitch. Speaking to BBC News, she expressed her initial worries about being banned from the platform. Anita spoke truthfully about her tics Anita suffers from a rare (but highly popularized) symptom of Tourette\u2019s, known as Coprolalia. This involves verbal \u201coutbursts,\u201d often including explicit language. Anita\u2019s tics have previously gone down the route of swear words and body parts. Read More: Watch Bella Poarch\u2019s \u201cInferno\u201d music video – \u201cYou can\u2019t use\u2026 slurs (on Twitch),\u201d the content creator said. \u201cMy tics force me to.\u201d As well as opening up about how the disorder has impacted her career, she described the effects Tourette\u2019s has on her mind and body. \u201cIt feels like you\u2019re being physically forced to say these things,\u201d she said. Anita\u2019s unapologetic ability to be herself has earned her legions of fans. Her follower count on Twitch currently stands at 1.7 million. Twitch explains why they haven\u2019t banned Anita In a statement to BBC News, Twitch said it wanted to create a \u201cwelcoming environment\u201d for disabled content creators. They also stated that this kind of environment \u201csets a level of decency and respect for our community.\u201d In response to Anita specifically, they emphasized their \u201cdelight\u201d in \u201csupporting streamers like Anita as they grow their careers.\u201d Check out Anita\u2019s Twitch channel, now streaming six days a week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch explains why they won\u2019t ban Sweet Anita despite tics breaking TOS Twitch: sweet_anitaTwitch has explained why they haven\u2019t banned streaming star Sweet Anita from their site. While Anita\u2019s forced \u201cracial and phobic slurs\u201d officially go against the platform\u2019s terms and conditions, Twitch want to create a \u201cwelcoming environment\u201d for disabled users. Gaming sensation Sweet […]<\/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-62302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62302","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=62302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}