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Twitch announced a new enforcement system that could see previously perma-banned streamers return to the platform.
Twitch shared a series of updates to its enforcement policies on February 20, 2025. In an official blog post, Twitch staff members Sakina Arsiwala and Christine Weber said that the platform will stop issuing permanent bans.
According to the blog post, serious violations via the Appeals Portal negatively impacted long-time streamers. All violations counted toward a Twitch account permanently, including minor violations. Starting February 21, 2025, all violations will expire and drop off accounts. Most low-severity violations, like video game cheating, will expire in three months.
Severe violations will still attract “indefinite” violations. Streamers who accumulate repeated smaller violations will also be indefinitely banned. Such streamers can contest their bans after six months.
Twitch Will Issue Bans With “Escalating Consequences”
To ensure the platform does not promote harmful behavior, Twitch is introducing a new system with “escalating consequences.” According to the new guidelines:
“If you violate within the same policy category (i.e. hateful conduct) multiple times within the violation’s expiration window (90 days, 1 year, or 2 years, depending on the violation), the length of suspension you receive for each subsequent violation will increase. This will be true even if the severity of the violation itself has not increased.”
Today, we’re making updates to our enforcement system. Our goal is to make it easier for you to track your violation history and know where your channel stands; reduce the risk that streamers lose their communities and livelihoods for low severity violations; and at the same… pic.twitter.com/vCoyMMS5bQ
— Twitch Support (@TwitchSupport) February 19, 2025
The platform also detailed why it is making so many changes to its enforcement system:
“By increasing the severity of the penalty, we ensure that people understand the importance of adhering to our Community Guidelines without needing to resort to an indefinite suspension.”
Social media posts about the new system were met with positive responses. However, users are unhappy about the number of bot attacks that the platform is experiencing in 2025.
Community Guidelines Are Not Changing on the Platform
Twitch revealed that all Community Guidelines will remain unchanged. Anything that would have attracted action before the new enforcement system is still considered a violation. The new system could retroactively unban some streamers. The streaming platform noted in the blog:
“If your account was previously indefinitely suspended it will remain so, and to restore access you can submit an appeal, or request reinstatement of your account if you’ve been indefinitely suspended for longer than 6 months.”
Adin Ross is rumoured to be UNBANNED on Twitch within the next 7 days after big changes were made to Twitch enforcement system.. 👀
— clip 🛸 (@clippedszn) February 20, 2025
“Most violations will expire and drop off of your account after a set amount of time.” pic.twitter.com/pvy8GtoMMX
Active streamers who have past violations also benefit from the new system:
“If your account is not currently indefinitely suspended, but you have received suspensions in the past, your account will show any currently active violations. For example, if you received a violation with a 90 day expiration 40 days ago, you will see the expiration date as 50 days from today.”
Internet users are wondering if streamers like Adin Ross, Andrew Tate, and Nicolas “Sneako” Kenn De Balinthazy will return to the platform under the new guidelines.
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