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As of today, Twitch has more than seven and a half million followers. streamers Worldwide.
Agency data 3AW reveals that Twitch spends around 60 million hours of views per day.
Since the arrival of the pandemic, only in Mexico it is estimated that by 2021 there were already 76.7 million Mexican members of the community gamer.
one of many streamers who live on Twitch has been blocked for three days because, during a broadcast, she showed her bare foot.
The video game industry, in addition to being one of the most important, is one of the fastest growing in recent years.
Data from a study conducted by VentureBeat and Newzoo reveal that by 2021, mobile devices or smartphones they were the largest platform within the world video game market, reporting around 93 billion dollars.
For his part, consoles represented revenue of 54 billion dollarswhile the computer (personal computer), registered sales of 36 billion.
Taking this context into account, in 2020, in the most serious period of Covid-19, the video game industry in Mexico experienced significant growth, reaching a total of 81 million gamers in the country, figure that represents 63 percent of the total population, according to what is published by Rebold.
Now, one of the most interesting phenomena in recent years in the gaming industry has to do with the growth of a community of content creators who, from various platforms, have been in charge of giving video game entertainment a new twist. .
In the midst of this panorama, platforms such as Twitch, YouTube and Facebook Gaming, at the time, began to gain ground, although, to this day, it is clear that Amazon’s site is the most popular on the market.
Since its launch in 2011, Twitch has been undergoing tremendous transformation and growth.being the arrival of the pandemic the period in which, probably, it has had the greatest impact in terms of the number of its users and, above all, the time in reproductions.
According to agency data 3AW, Currently, Twitch spends around 60 million hours of views per day.
Live uncovers new reason for Twitch to block channels to streamers
Currently, taking Linktree data into account, there are more than 200 million content creators, many of whom define themselves as gamers and are located within Twitch, making transmissions of all kinds and for an audience that grows day by day. .
However, the case of streamer thai justketh is drawing attention after, during a live broadcast, the woman showed one foot and Twitch decided to block her account for three days.
twitch ban me 3 day as “offering sexual content” asking for money/service that lead to sexually explicit. im doing wheel and only 2 option i can think its lead that is 1. squats 2. show feet!! damn ???its just a meme bruh is that my feet too sexy? https://t.co/Z57okFxblC pic.twitter.com/ovoIxbkOwm
— Justketh ??Thailand (@Justketh1) January 11, 2023
This happened because, currently, the Amazon platform has various rules of behavior through which it can ban or block channels quickly and forcefully, the punishment can be temporary or even permanent; however, there are those who say that these rules are not entirely clear.
What has transpired is that, after showing her bare foot, Twitch could have taken it as sexual content, which is why, now, the channel of the streamer is blocked. As published by the platform, these are just a few things that accounts can be blocked for:
- Content or camera focus that focuses on the breasts, buttocks, or pelvic area; for example, poses that deliberately highlight these elements
- Touching or explicit gestures on the breasts, buttocks or genitals
- Fetishistic behavior or acts, such as focusing on body parts for sexual gratification or enacting erotic play
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