Twitch.tv's Pausing of Account Creations in Israel

On October 19, 2024 an r/destiny subreddit user submitted a thread claiming that account creations on Twitch.tv were disabled in the region of Israel. It was later discovered and confirmed by leaked code that Palestinian users were additionally prohibited from creating new accounts, although to a lesser degree.

	Force @Forceultraomega
Hey, I’ve been streaming for the past 3 years and have transferred my viewers from YouTube to Twitch 2 years ago. I’ve discovered around a month ago that A LOT of my longtime viewers have not been able to sign up to Twitch because they’re located in Israel, which is insane
SOURCE · 3:26 PM CT · May 27, 2024

One of the earliest (then relatively unknown) reports of this was from Israeli streamer Force, alleging on May 27 that "a lot of [his] long time viewers have not been able to sign up to Twitch because they’re located in Israel, which is insane," and posted an image alongside his tweet showing an error message stating that the user had a "blocked country IP."

At the time of posting, the report received relatively little traction and no response from any official Twitch support.

The claim was independently verified by the Israeli News site Ynet's editorial staff and other users who were unable to create an account.

An email from Twitch support briefly stated that the Israeli user was "ineligible" to create an account, and the support ticket was closed. Intense amounts of public scrutiny (primarily on Twitter) led to Twitch releasing a public statement about the ban.

Twitch's Response

	Twitch Support @TwitchSupport
We wanted to address concerns we’ve seen about whether we’re preventing Twitch account sign ups in some regions. When signing up for a Twitch account, you can select an account verification method – email or phone – for added protection. Following the October 7, 2023 attacks, we temporarily disabled sign ups with email verification in Israel and Palestine. We did this to prevent uploads of graphic material related to the attack and to protect the safety of users. Signups were not disabled, and we continued to see sign ups from both regions. Users could choose to sign up with phone verification. We’ve learned that, inadvertently, we did not re-enable email verification sign ups for either region. We deeply regret this unacceptable miss, and the confusion it has caused. We’ve fixed the issue, meaning all affected users can sign up with email verification. We’ve also heard concerns about whether our Community Guidelines apply to all content on our service. We continue to enforce our rules as consistently as possible, and are actively reviewing content and taking enforcement action where needed.  Readers added context This whole statement is a lie. Both email AND phone number sign ups were disabled. While this was happening, the most popular political streamer on their platform was cheering on, spreading terrorist propaganda and rape apologetics on stream x.com/dancantstream/… x.com/usurpthachef/s… streamable.com/s333zk
SOURCE · 10:35 PM CT · Oct 20, 2024

On October 20, 2024 Twitch issued an apology through a thread on X.com. In the thread, Twitch claims that the region's ban was instituted following the 2023 Hamas led attack on Israel , with the goal of preventing uploads of graphic material related to the attack and to protect the safety of users. While the platform claims users were able to sign up with phone verification, email verification was disabled on the platform for nearly a year. Twitch claims to have done this in error.

Violation of Anti-BDS laws

Anti-BDS Laws, are laws which seek to effectively retaliate against people and organizations engaged in boycotts of Israel-affiliated entities. It has been speculated that Twitch may have been in violation of these laws when instituting the ban for such a prolonged duration.

Response from Twitch CEO

Oct 20, 2024 10:38 PM

On October 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM Daniel Clancy, the CEO of Twitch, replied to Twitch's apology thread expressing his sorrow for the error and claiming to have only discovered the problem that day.

Oct 20, 2024 10:40 PM

On October 20, 2024 at 10:40 PM Clancy reiterates that the region ban only came to the platform's attention today, and that the ban did not affect people using mobile phone authentication.

Response, Criticism, and Evidence

Much evidence has arisen contrary to Twitch's public statement on the region ban being unintentional. This evidence includes support emails, Hashtags attempting to draw Twitch's attention to the issue, and the removal of all mention of Israel from Twitch’s subreddit. Furthermore, mobile phone verification was never re-enabled on the platform(contrary to the platform's initial thread), meaning account creation was never possible for users in the region. Lastly, the ban was implemented silently, meaning no Israeli content creators nor users were given forewarning about the region ban.

These issues, coupled with an overt acceptance of individuals (both as content creators and employees) known for otherwise deriding the region, has led some to believe the ban may have been deliberate.

Evidence pointing to a deliberate ban

The following tables are a compilation of evidence pointing to a deliberate effort on behalf of Twitch to silence Israeli voices, ignore inquiries about the region ban, and amplify the voices of pro-terrorist/anti-zionist content creators.

Suppression of Israeli voices by Twitch

Evidence	Summary	Link
Users unable to register	When attempting to register an account from an Israeli IP Address , users would be met with an innocuous error message. Upon inspecting the error message, users would discover an error description reading "blocked country ip".	Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4
Phone signups were never enabled	According to several sources within Israel, including Israeli newspaper Ynetnews (an online subsidiary of the largest newspaper in Israel, Yedioth Ahronoth ), the authentication mobile code from Twitch would never arrive if you were on an Israeli IP address. Meaning phone authentication was never truly enabled in the region, contrary to Twitch's claim in their apology.	Ynet News article Reddit post which polled fifty people in Israel to confirm whether they could register a Twitch account through email. A similar post was submitted to Israeli meme subreddit ani_bm, and several users confirmed an inability to register through email. Users were later asked to confirm an inability to register through phone verification on International Israeli numbers (the main number used in Israel), and some confirmed. Click to view video - opens in new tab
Twitch's Trust and Safety Senior Manager	Fadzai Madzingira, a current Senior Manager at Twitch's Trust and Safety department, was suspended from another company for Anti-Israeli posts following the 2023 Hamas led attack on Israel . These posts were so severe, Mazdingra's then place of work was called out in front of British Parliament and requested to be investigated.	Article discussing Madzingira's anti-israel statements Article discussing Madzingira's termination of employment with ofcom due to her anti-israel remarks BBC news article discussing Madzingira's anti-israel remarks
Twitch's Senior Director of Community Marketing and Production	Mary Kish, Twitch's Senior Director of Community Marketing and Production, shows a blatant refusal to acknowledge the over 200+ hostages taken by Hamas following the 2023 Hamas led attack on Israel . When questioned on her lack of comments pertaining to the hostages, she stated: "You cannot convince me to support genocide."
Code screenshot	Code proving Twitch had been blocking users from Israel from accessing their platform since 10/13/2023. Of note, this same day is considered to be the Global Day of Jihad.	Screenshot of code
Twitch's trust and safety vendor is located in Egypt	An internal Twitch chat log shows that the platform trust and safety moderators are located in Egypt . Of note, 95% of individuals surveyed in the region have a negative opinion of Jews
Internal Slack logs from Ex-Twitch employees regarding the ban	Several internal chat logs from an both current and former Twitch employees Slack showing either a lack of care regarding the ban or a disdain towards the Israeli government.	Internal Slack Logs Link Context Link A safety developer comments "What has anyone from Israel done for Twitch." A Senior Trust and Safety member likes the comment. Link The same safety developer who questioned what any from Israel has done for Twitch, places a journalists name in double quotes potentially echoing the Triple Parentheses antisemitic symbol. Link An individual determined to discover who leaked code regarding the region ban to the general public. Link An individual making light of the ban. Link A customer trust member disagreeing that the ban was motivated by antisemitism. Link A Trust and Safety manager defending Senior Safety Senior Manager Fadzai Madzingira regarding her anti-Israel statements. Madzingira statements resulted in her being forced to step down from her prior position, following a notice from British Parliament. Link An individual questions why the ban was hardcoded into Twitch's system. The employee goes on to point out that this is the first time Twitch has ever blocked a country.
Lack of bans in other regions experiencing conflict	Twitch claims to have instituted the ban with the goal of preventing uploads of graphic material related to the October 7 attack and to protect the safety of users. Despite this, regions of the world experiencing similar conflict such as Russia ,Ukraine , Yemen , Syria , Lebanon , Myanmar have not seen similar region bans.	A leaked Twitch employee internal message explaining that the region ban on Israel was the first time Twitch had ever blocked a country.

Complaints and inquiries to Twitch regarding the region ban

Evidence	Summary	Link
Hashtags	The Hashtag #BatluathTwitch, which aimed to get Twitch to answer for the region ban, was largely ignored by the company. To this day, none of these tweets have been addressed by Twitch.	The hashtag shown on twitter through the month of May Tweets containing #BatluathTwitch Date Tweet 5/27/2024 https://x.com/Yairr68039374/status/1795163832727327046 5/27/2024 https://x.com/yonik888/status/1795188249050177565 5/27/2024 https://x.com/p1gvip/status/1795184795909054898 5/27/2024 https://x.com/D5576846855/status/1795183158087819294 5/27/2024 https://x.com/1Wrca4HgAWzzP8q/status/1795188844691624366 5/27/2024 https://x.com/Tzvika4G/status/1795188291744010676 5/27/2024 https://x.com/YardenAizik/status/1795190835392152036 5/27/2024 https://x.com/danshindokkan/status/1795186112849187297 5/27/2024 https://x.com/1anipashutt/status/1795190075875078499 5/27/2024 https://x.com/danshindokkan/status/1795189797754950023 5/27/2024 https://x.com/Forceultraomega/status/1795189749163938215 5/27/2024 https://x.com/BBS_ilay/status/1795190223518744984 5/27/2024 https://x.com/mrcool100007/status/1795180309178134672 5/28/2024 https://x.com/1Wrca4HgAWzzP8q/status/1795437974290927759 8/26/2024 https://x.com/daniel94632304/status/1828010649701462329
Submissions to uservoice page	Twitch provides a uservoice page. Within the uservoice page, users are permitted to submit posts and ask questions regarding the platform. Users who made posts regarding the region ban had their posts deleted by Twitch.	Ignored uservoice submission on May 28, 2023.
Submissions to Twitch's subreddit	Any submissions to Twitch's subreddit mentioning the ban were deleted from the subreddit, alongside any comments within the thread.	Deleted Thread https://old.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/1g83bwu/israelis_banned_from_creating_twitch_accounts/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/1fyzpk2/why_i_cant_log_in_on_twitch/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/1g8wbur/why_is_israel_completely_blocked_from_starting_an/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/1g7ywrb/can_someone_please_explain_why_i_cant_create_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/1f02ogr/cant_log_in_or_sign_up_tried_everything_nothing/ https://archive.ph/S4APv# https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/17q30be/cant_sign_up/
Emails to Twitch support	Individuals from Israel who attempted to contact Twitch were met with a response stating their ticket was closed and their region is blocked.	Reddit comment discussing the ticket submitted. Screenshot of a case log informing an Israeli user they were not eligible to make an account. An Israeli user informing Twitch support they were unable to register an account.

Amplification of pro-antizionist and pro-terrorist organizations by Twitch

Evidence	Summary	Link
Hasan Piker's twitch chat	Hasan Piker, Twitch's largest political content creator, has fostered a community which exhibits anti-zionist behavior upon the mention of israel.	Link to chat logs. An individual reading off the chat logs.
Engagement with Antisemitic creators	On the same week the region ban was brought to the attention of Twitch, the platform had unbanned two notoriously anti-semitic content creators: Sneako, and Fresh&Fit. These creators have been banned from most other websites for their behavior, yet Twitch has specifically allowed them to stream on their site. Furthermore, Twitch allowed their top political content creator, Hasan Piker, to perform a puff piece interview with a known Houthi collaborator.	Article discussing Sneako's unban Reddit post discussing Fresh&Fit's unban Hasan Piker interviewing a known Houthi Collaborator
Allowing a known terrorist collaborator to stream on Twitch	The same Houthi collaborator interviewed by Twitch's top political streamer Hasan Piker, streamed on the platform for some time.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
A Houthi collaborator and Twitch streamer who Hasan interviewed, refers to a jewish content creator as a "child born from the stone age"	The same Houthi collaborator interviewed by Twitch's top political streamer Hasan Piker, referred to prominent Jewish content creator Ethan Klein, as a "child born from the Stone Age". This phrase evokes a part of the Quran about making Israelis into Apes with a "city by the sea".	Click to view video - opens in new tab
A Houthi collaborator and Twitch streamer who Hasan interviewed, displaying a depiction of a Zionist being impaled by a Pike. Hasan would go on to defend the tweet	The same Houthi collaborator interviewed by Twitch's top political streamer Hasan Piker, would go on to send a thread through X.com depicting a man being impaled by a Pike from the rear end and through the mouth. The post was captioned "The execution that we will carry out on all Zionists". Upon this post being brought to Hasan's attention, Hasan defended it.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Racial tier list at an official Twitch Event	On September 22, 2024 Twitch held an official event at their "twitchcon" where they endorsed a "racial tier list" with Jews at the bottom and Arabs at the top. Hasan Piker, would go on to deny the panel was antisemitic. The individuals who participated in the tier list were not banned until Twitch was contacted by the ADL .	Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy Continue Dismiss
Hasan Piker,Twitch's top political streamer, playing Terrorist Propaganda	Hasan Piker plays a Houthi music video on his Twitch channel More instances of Piker playing such propaganda can be found here.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker mocks a US veteran and sitting Congressman's injury, praises the Taliban soldier who gave him the injury	Hasan Piker mocks the missing eye of Dan Crenshaw , a US Congressman and Iraq war veteran who lost an eye to an IED explosion. Piker described the injury in cruel and explicit terms, and referred to the individual who gave Crenshaw the injury as a "brave mujahideen soldier".	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker justifies October 7, uses an anti-semitic slur	Hasan Piker justifies the 2023 Hamas led attack on Israel on October 7th , and refers to a chatter a a "pig dog"(an anti-semitic slur).	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker justifies the military actions of the Houthis towards merchant and naval vessels in the Red Sea.	Hasan Piker plays footage of Houthis hijacking a ship for his Twitch channel, while justifying the military actions of the Houthis towards merchant and naval vessels in the Red Sea(aka the Red Sea Crisis ) to a fellow Twitch streamer.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Fr0gan hopes ever US soldier receives PTSD	Fr0gan, a prominent Twitch political streamer and friend of Hasan Piker, stating she hopes every US soldier receives PTSD . She would go on to double down on this point.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker scoffs at the mention of rapes occuring on October 7	Hasan Piker scoffs at the mention of rapes occuring during the 2023 Hamas led attack on Israel on October 7th .	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker denying the occurrence of rapes on October 7	Hasan Piker denies that rapes occurred during the 2023 Hamas led attack on Israel on October 7th. "What rapes did Hamas do?"	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker laughs at the mention of October 7 Hostages	In a CNN Town Hall with Kamala Harris , a women is given the opportunity to speak with Harris. The women is introduced as being undecided, and having concerns about anti-semitism. Upon the woman's mention of wishing to bring the "hostages home"(in reference to individuals captured during the 2023 Hamas led attack on Israel on October 7th ), Hasan and his guest can be seen laughing.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Compilation video of Hasan Piker's defense of terrorist organizations	A compilation of several instances of Hasan displaying terrorist propaganda pieces, defending the actions of terrorist organizations abroad, and interviewing known terrorist members or collaborators.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker claims America Deserves 9/11	Hasan Piker claiming America deserved 9/11 .	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Fr0gan mocks 9/11	Fr0gan and her friends wanted to do a "9/11 baking stream" if a donation goal was met. Upon meeting the goal, Fr0gan claimed that her and her friends would create a tower made of cake, and "recreate 9/11 ".	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker routinely referring to Jews as inbred	Throughout the duration of Hasan Piker's streaming career on Twitch, he took it upon himself to refer to Jews, orthodox or otherwise, as inbred at several opportunities. A compilation of such instances can be found at the wiki page Hasan Piker's Use of 'Inbred' in Reference to Jews.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker claims Baby west bank settlers are justifiable targets for Hamas	Hasan claims Palestinians "have the legal ground to violently seize back their own homes" and that "there are baby settlers too", implying they would be justifiable targets.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker claims Hezbollah is the lesser evil compared to Israel	Hasan claims Hezbollah is the lesser evil compared to Israel. Argues Hezbollah has shown a restrained response.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker Claims Hamas is the lesser evil compared to Israel	Hasan claims Hamas is the lesser evil compared to Israel.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker claims Jews dominate America	Hasan agrees with the sentiment that Jews dominate America.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Piker finds pogroms against Jews to be amusing	Hasan Piker learns about the ongoing pogroms against Jews in Amsterdam while live streaming on Twitch. Following viewing the clip for twenty seconds, he concludes the whole situation to be rather amusing. He then goes on to cover something else. While reacting to the video, Piker's chat can be seen sending messages containing the words "Based" "So Based" "Too Based", in response to organised armed violence against Jews on the streets of Amsterdam. Chat log 1 Chat log 2 Chat log 3	Click to view video - opens in new tab
Hasan Hamas propaganda video.	Hasan plays a Hamas propaganda video on how they produce their own sniper rifles.	Click to view video - opens in new tab

Mainstream Media Coverage

News of the ban garnered much traction, as several major news outlets covered the story:

Media Coverage

Date	Outlet	Article
9/30/2024	Mediaite	Left Wing Pundit Hasan Piker Says ‘I Don’t Have An Issue’ With Hezbollah, Praises Yemen’s Houthis For Seizing Ships
10/21/2024	404 Media	Twitch Quietly Blocked New Users From Israel and Palestine Since October 7
10/21/2024	The Jerusalem Post	Following year-long ban, Twitch publicly enables sign-ups from Israeli IP addresses
10/21/2024	Dot Esports	Twitch denies Israel account signup block, but admits to ‘unacceptable miss’ around verification process
10/21/2024	PC Gamer	Twitch silently stopped sign ups from both Israel and Palestine for over a year, gets caught out, says it was all 'to prevent uploads of graphic material'
10/21/2024	Haaretz	Accused of Antisemitism, Streaming Platform Twitch Apologizes After Blocking Israeli User Registration
10/21/2024	Jewish News Syndicate	Twitch streaming service ‘regrets’ de-facto ban on Israelis
10/21/2024	The Verge	Twitch disabled email signups from Israeli and Palestinian users for an entire year.
10/21/2024	sportskeeda	"We deeply regret this unacceptable miss" - Twitch responds to allegations that they blocked Israelis from making accounts
10/22/2024	Eurogamer	Twitch apologises for "issue" preventing account sign-ups in Israel and Palestine
10/21/2024	Latin Times	Twitch 'Inadvertently' Forgot to Allow Sign-Ups from Israel After 'Temporarily' Banning Them Last Year: 'Unacceptable Miss'
10/21/2024	Dexerto	Twitch “deeply regrets” blocking account sign-ups in multiple regions for over a year
10/21/2024	Kotaku	Twitch Bans Several Arab Streamers Following 'Habibi' Ratings Panel At TwitchCon
10/21/2024	The Times of Israel	Streaming site Twitch accused of unchecked antisemitism, anti-Israel bias
10/21/2024	The Express Tribune	Twitch is allegedly banning new users from Israel and Palestine as people report error messages
10/21/2024	TheMarker	Israelis discovered that they are unable to register for the Twitch gaming platform - it apologizes
10/21/2024	Ynet	Israelis banned, anti-Semites return? The streaming platform is controversial
10/21/2024	Keshet Media Group	Amazon against Israel? Users identified as Israeli were blocked from its streaming platform - and the excuse is embarrassing
10/22/2024	Washington Post	Twitch apologizes after some users in Israel, Gaza barred from making accounts
10/23/2024	Kan 11	Story discussed on israeli television
10/23/2024	Ynet	From Silicon Valley to the Sea: Is Amazon having trouble proving that it is not anti-Israel?
10/28/2024	The Jewish Chronicle	Does Twitch have an antisemitism problem?
10/29/2024	Jewish Insider	Popular leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker steps up antisemitic, anti-Israel rhetoric
10/29/2024	nypost	Rep. Ritchie Torres warns of ‘amplification of antisemitism’ by Twitch streamer Hasan Piker
10/30/2024	Mediaite	NY Democrat Writes Scathing Letter to Amazon CEO Accusing Popular Streamer of Anti-Semitism
10/31/2024	Digiday	Why online organizers are pressuring advertisers to reconsider Twitch’s brand safety over antisemitism claims
11/1/2024	Spilled.gg	Twitch CEO’s anti-hate speech post too vague for streaming community: How to say nothing in 230 words.
11/2/2024	nypost	Twitch is platforming antisemitism and Israel hate
11/3/2024	Richard Lewis Substack	Twitch Has A Politics Problem And It’s Not The One You Think
11/4/2024	NBC	Twitch faces criticism over Israel-Gaza war content on platform
11/15/2024	NBC	Twitch changes its hateful content policy to include ‘Zionist’ as potential slur following criticism
11/15/2024	Richard Lewis Substack	Exclusive: Key Advertisers Pause Spending Over Twitch Anti-Semitism Allegations
11/18/2024	Dexerto	“Significant” Twitch advertisers pause spending over antisemitism concerns: Report
11/20/2024	Foxnews	'Cheerleading for terrorism': Twitch star called for new 9/11, dismissed horror of Oct 7
12/4/2024	Jewish Insider	The left’s answer to Joe Rogan has an antisemitism problem
12/4/2024	Bloomberg	JPMorgan, AT&T Pull Twitch Ads After Antisemitism Allegations
12/4/2024	cnn	Streaming site Twitch is embroiled in controversy over creators’ content about its handling of Israel and Palestine
12/5/2024	newsmax	Brands Leave Twitch Over Antisemitism Claims
12/17/2024	Foxnews	Top Harris aide hypes radical activist who said 'America deserved 9/11' while plotting future for Dems

Action Network Petition

A petition was made on actionnetwork.org with the goal of holding Twitch accountable and demanding Dan Clancy's resignation.

Response from Congressman Ritchie Torres

United States Representative Ritchie Torres

Congressman Ritche Torres , an American politician from New York and member of The Democratic Party , has taken great umbrage with remarks from Twitch and the continued platforming of individuals such as Hasan Piker. Representative Torres's gripes with the platform were initially contained to X.com, but has since expanded into greater efforts including Congressional letters and calls to action.

Responses

Date	Link	Text	Media in link
10/24/2024	X post	The leading streamer on Twitch, Hasan Piker, is an apologist for the sexual violence of October 7th. “It doesn’t matter if rape happened on October 7th. It doesn’t change the dynamic for me,” Hasan declares before finally admitting that “Palestinian resistance is not perfect.” A social media influencer who openly defends the rape and mass murder of Jews is not only accepted but celebrated in our society. What does that reveal about the depth of antisemitism in the American soul? If America believes Jewish lives matter, then Americans should stop popularizing influencers who popularize antisemitism.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
10/25/2024	X post	The pro-Hamas social media mob that blindly worships Hasan Piker insists I have taken poor Piker out of context. If by “taking out of context,” you mean quoting Hasan verbatim and then posting a video of Hasan speaking in his own words, then yes: I plead guilty. Hasan Piker’s persona as an apologist for the barbaric rapes of 10/7 is undeniable, no matter how ferociously his most fanatical followers wish to deny the antisemitism of their false idol on Twitch.
10/25/2024	X post	Hasan Piker calls me an “insane” and “vicious” “monster” and “psychopath” because I exposed him for justifying the insane and vicious monsters and psychopaths who barbarically raped Israeli women on October 7th. Hasan should take a long hard look in the mirror. The rape apologia of Hasan—his insistence “that it doesn’t matter if rape happened on October 7th”—is insane, vicious, monstrous, and psychopathic.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
10/27/2024	X post	Hasan Piker, known for amplifying Antisemitism and AntiAmericanism, is an apologist not only for 10/7 but also for 9/11. Piker in his own words: “America deserved 9/11.” The 3,000 Americans incinerated or otherwise murdered in the Twin Towers; the falling men and women plummeting to their deaths from 110-story skyscrapers; according to Piker, all of them had it coming. All deserved it. One wonders if Hasan has ever seen an Anti-American or antisemitic terrorist attack he didn’t like? He lives in a morally inverted universe where the true terrorists on 9/11 and 10/7 were not the perpetrators but the victims.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
10/28/2024	X post	Hasan Piker is seen laughing at a Jewish woman who thanked VP Harris for advocating for the hostages and who conveyed concern about antisemitism. A simple question for Hasan Piker. What exactly do you find amusing? Are you amused by antisemitism? Amused by the kidnapping of 30 children, among them infants and toddlers? Amused by the abduction of aging Holocaust and Farhud survivors? The useful idiocy of Hasan Piker would be comical were his amplification of antisemitism not so dangerous.	Click to view video - opens in new tab
10/29/2024	X post	Is this the same Myron Gaines who said “we must figure out a way to take our country back from these Jewish supremacists?” You and Hasan Piker are two symptoms of the same disease: antisemitism at Twitch under CEO an Clancy. You do indeed have a First Amendment right to speak. But so do I. And speak I will to the chagrin of every rotten antisemite on Twitch.
10/30/2024	X post House.gov	A Congressional letter has been sent to the leadership of both Amazon and Twitch to sound the alarm about the amplification of antisemitism on Twitch. Hasan Piker, who has described Orthodox Jews as “inbred” and a Jewish man as a “bloodthirsty pig,” is the antisemitic voice of a systemically antisemitic platform led by Dan Clancy. The time has come to hold Hasan Piker and Dan Clancy accountable.	Congressional letter Page 1 Congressional letter Page 2 Congressional letter Page 3
10/31/2024	X post	Cenk: There are pro-Israel Jewish voters in Michigan. As deeply as it might offend you, pro-Israel Jews are part of the Democratic coalition. Reaching to widely varied constituencies with widely varied messengers is what campaigns typically do. Speaking of “counterproductive,” Cenk Uyghur is the uncle of Hasan Piker, whose history of antisemitism includes alternately denying and defending the sexual violence of October 7th, demonizing Orthodox Jews as “inbred,” and dehumanizing a Jewish man as a “bloodthirsty pig.” Cenk calls that mere “criticism of Israel.” Most of us see it for what it is: antisemitism.
10/31/2024	X post	Cenk is upset with me for exposing his nephew’s antisemitism, which he dismisses as mere criticism of Israel. Demonizing Jews, as Hasan Piker has done, is not Anti-Israel. It is antisemitic.
11/1/2024	X post	Dan Clancy, the CEO of Twitch, makes no mention of the antisemitism that has been festering under his watch. Look no further than the hate of Hasan Piker, who vilifies Orthodox Jews as “inbred”; the hate of Myron Gaines, who said the country must be taken back from “Jewish Supremacists”; the hate of Streamer Sneako, who said in Arabic “Down with the Jews”…the examples are endless. Dan Clancy reassuring us that hate has no place on Twitch is like Al Capone reassuring us that organized crime has no place in America. The words are as hollow as the man himself. Resign.
11/16/2024	X post	Twitch has a horrifying history of platforming social media influencers whose mouths are dripping with Jew hatred. One influencer who built a following on Twitch is Myron Gaines, a Hitler apologist and hardcore antisemite who scapegoats Jews for everything that is wrong with the world. Why was Gaines, whose Jew hatred knows no bounds, ever given a microphone on Twitch?	Click to view video - opens in new tab

Websites

Several websites have been created with the goal of drawing attention to the situation.

Website name	Description	URL
Twitch or Terrorist	Twitch or Terrorist is a Gripe Site developed to bring awareness to perceived issues of antisemitism and extremist rhetoric on Twitch. The site seeks to demonstrate that statements made by some of Twitch’s most prominent streamers(e.g. Hasan Piker) bear a concerning resemblance to rhetoric associated with known terrorist organization leaders. When users enter the website and click "start," they are presented with forty-nine quotes, one at a time. Users have thirty seconds to decide whether each quote is from a terrorist or a Twitch streamer.	www.twitchorterrorist.com
Advertise on Twitch	Twitch or Terrorist is a Gripe Site developed to bring awareness to perceived issues of antisemitism and extremist rhetoric on Twitch, especially within the vicinity of Twitch's advertisers.	advertiseontwitch.com
DanClancySucks.com	DanClancySucks.com is a Gripe Site developed to bring attention to the questionable behavior allowed on Twitch.com under Dan Clancy's tenure as CEO. The website also draws attention to questionable behavior by Clancy himself.	https://danclancysucks.com/
hatred.tv	hatred.tv is Gripe Site developed to bring attention to the questionable behavior allowed on Twitch.com under Dan Clancy's tenure as CEO. In particular, the website draws attention to antisemitism by users of the platform.	https://hatred.tv/