Twitch instantly bans streamer after joking about needing to “go away for a long time”

A Twitch streamer says the Amazon-owned platform apologized after he was instantly hit with a 30-day ban moments after he joked about needing to “go away.” Twitch’s ban system has come under fire a lot over the years, with certain infractions like distracted driving resulting in short suspensions while other violations have led to longer bans. That was the case on July 31 after streamer ‘SmaK’ was suddenly hit with a month-long ban for a joke he made on stream, prompting some backlash towards the purple livestream site. While the matter has since been resolved, the ban itself had viewers and other creators quite baffled.