Simply over a month after making a shock semi-return to Twitch, Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has been banned from the platform. A cause for the suspension hasn’t been introduced, however some followers are speculating that it might be on account of one among his outdated VODs.
Pewdiepie is legendary as one of the vital dominant figures on YouTube (opens in new tab)—in reality, regardless of ‘retiring’ from YouTube in 2020 (which in actuality was simply extra of a slowdown), he wasn’t surpassed because the platform’s prime canine till MrBeast claimed the crown (opens in new tab) in late 2022. He does have a Twitch channel too, however hadn’t touched it for years—till March, when it abruptly popped again to life, inexplicably airing episodes of Canadian sitcom Trailer Park Boys.
Pewdiepie went reside after years of not streaming on twitch and is streaming episodes of trailer park boys pic.twitter.com/u9NEylEgDZMarch 22, 2023
This was all fairly complicated, and as Dexerto (opens in new tab) identified on the time, some followers nervous that Pewdiepie’s channel had been hacked. Nevertheless it was truly the work of CoPilot Media (opens in new tab), a distribution and monetization service, which was utilizing the footage to check a deliberate rollout of Pewdiepie Infinity, primarily an infinite loop of Pewdiepie’s movies, working continuous. (Trailer Park Boys was used for the take a look at as a result of CoPilot has the rights to that content material, too.)
So, thriller solved—however now there is a new thriller afoot. After slightly over a month of working fixed VODs, and with nary a single reside look from the person himself, Pewdiepie’s channel was banned. As normal, Twitch didn’t publicly touch upon the explanation for the ban, or how lengthy it’ll final.
Fairly a couple of Pewdiepie followers have speculated that YouTube’s comparatively lax content material tips may have been the trigger—merely put, what passes muster on the ‘Tube is just not essentially acceptable on Twitch. Some consider the ban was particularly triggered by an inadvertent replay of the notorious “Bridge Incident,” wherein Pewdie dropped the n-word throughout a 2017 PUBG session.
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I am unable to presently verify if the above VOD truly aired on Pewdiepie’s Twitch channel, however that is the place issues stand proper now: By some means, Pewdiepie managed to get banned from Twitch lower than two months after returning to Twitch, throughout which he was by no means truly on Twitch in any respect. It is virtually spectacular.
There’s presently no indication as to when Pewdiepie’s Twitch channel will return to motion. Penalties for content material guideline violations are often pretty brief, nevertheless it’s additionally attainable that CoPilot is now selecting via Pewdiepie’s extant YouTube content material with a really positive comb, and with roughly 4,700 movies presently posted to his YouTube channel, that would take some time. I’ve reached out to Pewdie and CoPilot Media for extra info, and can replace if I obtain a reply.