Just over a month after making a surprise semi-return to Twitch, Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has been banned from the platform. The reason for the suspension has not been announced, but some fans speculate that one of his old VOD’s of him may have been the culprit.
PewDiePie is famous for being one of the most dominant people on YouTube (opens in new tab)— In fact, despite “retiring” from YouTube in 2020 (in reality, it was just a slowdown), he wasn’t surpassed as the platform’s top dog until MrBeast claimed the crown. (opens in new tab) He also has a Twitch channel, but he hadn’t touched it in years until it suddenly resurrected in March, mysteriously airing an episode of the Canadian sitcom Trailer Park Boys.
PewDiePie is going live after not streaming on Twitch for years, streaming an episode of Trailer Park Boys pic.twitter.com/u9NEylEgDZMarch 22, 2023
All this was very confusing. Dexert (opens in new tab) At the time, some fans worried that PewDiePie’s channel had been hacked. copilot media (opens in new tab)Distribution and monetization service .
The mystery is solved, but new mysteries await. It’s been a little over a month since he’s been doing his constant VODs, and he hasn’t had a single live appearance of his own, so PewDiePie’s channel has been banned. As usual, Twitch has not publicly commented on the reason for the ban or the duration of the ban.
Quite a few PewDiePie fans speculate that YouTube’s relatively lax content guidelines may be to blame. Some believe the ban was specifically caused by an inadvertent replay of the infamous “Bridge Incident” in which Pewdy dropped the n-word during a 2017 PUBG session.
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Whether or not the above VOD actually aired on Pewdiepie’s Twitch channel is currently unavailable, but here’s what it looks like now: Somehow, Pewdiepie made it back to Twitch less than two months later. expelled from Cramp. It’s almost impressive.
There is currently no indication as to when Pewdiepie’s Twitch channel will resume activity. Content Penalties for violating his guidelines are usually fairly short, but it’s also possible that CoPilot is very scrutinizing PewDiePie’s existing YouTube content, and there are currently around 4,700 videos posted on his YouTube channel. This may take some time. We reached out to Pewdie and his CoPilot Media for more information. I will update if I get a reply.
