Twitch Bans Popular VTuber

Key Takeaways

• Twitch banned Chromuchromu on their birthday for “youth risky” content, causing disappointment among fans.
• Twitch has a history of banning VTubers, labeling some as AI in the past, increasing frustration among streamers.
• Twitch is working to change how bans work, but it won’t take effect until 2025, leaving some questioning its enforcement process.

Popular VTuber Chromuchromu has recently been banned from Twitch during their birthday. Twitch has often been criticized for enforcing its rules inconsistently, and some Chromuchromu fans are very disappointed that the ban happened on the special date.

With over 35 million active daily users, Twitch is the largest streaming platform in the world. Over the years, the platform became home to many VTubers, including Chromuchromu, who has had a Twitch channel since 2019. Twitch has a complicated history with VTubers, previously labeling them as AI, and sometimes banning them from the platform, and Chromuchromu’s ban is the latest controversy surrounding this subject.

Chromuchromu recently used social media to warn fans that their Twitch account had been banned for seven days. According to the VTuber, they were banned on their birthday without breaking Twitch’s Terms of Service, a situation they deemed as unfair. Chromuchromu explained that they were suspended from the platform with accusations of being “youth risky.” However, they argued that “there is no child endangerment” on the account, that they do not act as a child in any way, and that all streams are labeled as 18+. According to Twitch’s community guidelines, however, any kind of sexual framing of anime characters with child-like appearances can lead to a ban, and Chromuchromu does not deny that they produce NSFW content.

Popular VTuber Chromuchromu Banned From Twitch on Their Birthday

As often happens when a popular VTuber is banned from Twitch, Chromuchromu’s fans were not very happy with this birthday surprise. Many of them have commented on social media that this is a horrible situation and that VTubers are constantly banned “for no reason” from the platform.

It’s no secret that Twitch’s bans are controversial. Twitch has recently promised to change how strikes and bans work, showing users more information about what exactly caused the violation of its rules. However, most of these changes will start early in 2025, so it’s likely that streamers will keep complaining about Twitch’s lack of visibility on how it enforces its rules for a while.

Despite how often the platform is in the middle of controversies, YouTube game streamers are flocking back to Twitch recently. In the last few months, popular YouTubers such as Myth and FaZe Swagg have switched to Twitch, as they look for more revenue and overall better support than they get on Google’s platform. In any case, it remains to be seen if Chromuchromu’s ban will end before the seven days, as Twitch has not approved the VTuber’s appeal yet.