YouTuber Lauren Southern explains why she was banned on Twitch Instagram: laurencherriieLauren Southern has been banned on Twitch over one of her stream titles, explaining the reason behind her ban on September 20. Lauren Southern hasn\u2019t been one to shy away from controversy in the past, a political activist and YouTuber who regularly shares her views to her 600,000 YouTube subscribers and counting. She\u2019s also a bestselling author and filmmaker, with her book \u201cBarbarians: How The Baby Boomers, Immigration, and Islam Screwed my Generation\u201d releasing in December 2016. Her latest effort, \u201cThe ABC\u2019s of Morality,\u201d was created to \u201ccombat the woke takeover of children\u2019s literature with wholesomeness instead.\u201d Looking to build out her online presence, Southern has also taken to Twitch to stream occasionally, but during a debate panel on the platform, her account was banned. While the ban is only temporary, Southern explained what exactly had happened, clearly a bit confused as to their reasoning. \u201cWell. I just got banned off Twitch. Lol,\u201d she wrote in her initial tweet, though no explanation had been provided up to that point. Around an hour later, she provided an update on the situation. \u201cSo looks like it\u2019s a temporary suspension for \u2018hate speech,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI was invited on a panel discussing whether Transgenderism is a mental illness, and I just put the panel discussion topic in the title of my video.\u201d So looks like it’s a temporary suspension for “”hate speech”” \u2013 I was invited on a panel discussing whether Transgenderism is a mental illness, and I just put the panel discussion topic in the title of my video lmao. \u2014 Lauren Southern (@Lauren_Southern) September 20, 2021 This topic of discussion was incredibly divisive, facing some backlash from the Twitch community. With a large trans community on the platform, there was criticism to the panel Southern was featured on. As one user explained, \u201chosting open hate speech about me and a large part of my viewer base is really not something I\u2019m finding encouraging.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/bloodberry_tart\/status\/1439938709894451200?s=20 Lauren confirmed that the suspension is a temporary one, though how long she\u2019s restricted from broadcasting on Twitch remains to be seen. With the date of her suspension arriving on the same day as the Canadian federal election, there\u2019s no doubt Southern had other things on her mind \u2014 but we expect to see her back debating on Twitch before long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YouTuber Lauren Southern explains why she was banned on Twitch Instagram: laurencherriieLauren Southern has been banned on Twitch over one of her stream titles, explaining the reason behind her ban on September 20. Lauren Southern hasn\u2019t been one to shy away from controversy in the past, a political activist and YouTuber who regularly shares her […]<\/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-65928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65928","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=65928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}