Twitch declares that “Zionist” is a slur, will issue bans for criticizing “individuals” based on their “religious beliefs or background” (genocide, settler colonialism)

https://archive.ph/qwX4r

Implications for leftist streamers like HasanAbi

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potentially establishing precedents for mass removal and censorship of anti-genocide organizing and education on other major social media platforms

[News mega comment thread: https://hexbear.net/comment/5640369]

  • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    16 hours ago

    So does this mean if I have a Pro-Israel account and I say “Zionist Dove” or some shit I can be banned as well?

    Is it allowed to say “Zionism, the ideology, should be punishable by death”

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      16 hours ago

      So does this mean if I have a Pro-Israel account and I say “Zionist Dove” or some shit I can be banned as well?

      Probably not.

      Is it allowed to say “Zionism, the ideology, should be punishable by death”

      When twitch bans you, they tell you what rule you broke, but they don’t tell you how it was broken or when. So in practice, you would never be able to say “I was banned for saying X which isn’t against the rules”.