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Australia has expanded its under-16 social media ban to include Twitch, the popular live-streaming platform popular with teens, the country"s internet regulator said, Report informs via Anadolu. The eSafety commissioner said Twitch qualifies for the under-16 ban due to its core interactive features. "Twitch is a platform most commonly used for live streaming or posting content that enables users, including Australian children, to interact with others in relation to the content posted," the commissioner said in a statement. Starting Dec. 10, Reddit, Kick, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Snapchat, Threads, and YouTube will face a "world-first legal obligation" to prevent anyone under 16 from opening or maintaining accounts. Australia"s social media law holds platforms responsible for enforcing age limits, with fines of up to $32 million for noncompliance, while users and parents face no penalties. Twitch, owned by Amazon, is among the most popular platforms for gaming, streaming, cooking, and political content. The platform announced that it will block Australians under 16 from creating accounts starting Dec. 10 and deactivate existing underage accounts on Jan. 9, while maintaining the global minimum age at 13.

Popular livestreaming platform Twitch will now be included in Australia’s youth social media ban, according to an update from the eSafety Commissioner. It now joins Kick among those confirmed as “age-restricted platforms” and therefore subject to Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age legislation, which takes effect on 10 December 2025. According to the eSafety Commissioner’s announcement, a self-assessment from Twitch met the legislation’s criteria “because it has the sole or significant purpose of online social interaction”. It follows Meta’s recent warning to teens impacted by the social media ban, and Roblox‘s move to limit in-game chat to users within similar age groups. Although Roblox is not currently considered an age-restricted platform, it will require all Australian users who wish to use in-game communication features to undergo an age estimation check from December onwards. At this stage, “no further assessments” are planned by the eSafety Commissioner before 10 December.

Twitch (Image Courtesy: Twitch via Variety) Australia has now widened its restrictions on teen access to social media. As reported by Reuters, Australia has now added Amazon-owned Twitch to the list of platforms banned for users under 16 years of age, while sparing Pinterest from the crackdown. This move by the Australian government is part of its ongoing efforts to address concerns about online safety, mental health and exposure to harmful content among young people. As per the Reuters report, the ban by the Australian government now covers Twitch, the popular live-streaming platform which is known for gaming and interactive broadcasts. On the other hand, Pinterest is now included in the list as regulators feel that its content posed less risk as compared to other platforms. These restrictions are part of Australia’s broader Online Safety Act, which has been under review amid rising concerns about the screen time in teens and also exposure to inappropriate material. Why Twitch was targeted As reported by Reuters, the Australian officials cited that the unfiltered nature of Twitch’s live is one of the key reasons which led to the ban of Twitch. The platform let users have realtime interactions which regulators feel can expose

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Hasan Piker is normally an impulsive, off-the-cuff speaker. He has to be, given that he livestreams his political commentary every day for upwards of six hours. But when the topic turns to China, Piker becomes stilted. “Why are you being so carefully footed on this?” asked Ethan Klein, Piker’s former co-host on the “Leftovers” podcast, after Piker danced around his position on whether Taiwan is “China or not China.”  Piker has amassed 3 million followers on the livestreaming platform Twitch for sharing his leftist political commentary. With the drawling, swaggering vocal cadence of a Los Angeles fratboy and the charisma to match, he has been touted as the Joe Rogan of the left and an alternative political role model for disaffected young men.  Piker’s politics are broadly leftist, and specifically socialist. He is anti-Israel and a critic of Trump, focusing his recent livestreams on the Epstein files. This month, he brought his livestream to China. “China is dark woke,” Piker said on November 14, his fifth day in the country. “That’s when you’re woke but a little mean.” Piker is travelling to Hong Kong today after 10 days in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Chengdu. His daily rhythm in China shows

Trymacs is one of the most successful German Twitch streamers. In a stream, he mentioned that he might have had a good chance to become a professional football player if he had been better. How could Trymacs have become a professional football player? During the game, Trymacs told his viewers that he would “probably never be a professional football player”. He further explained that he was “the opposite of a What If“. It’s a kind of thought experiment about what could have been if one had chosen differently. Trymacs claims to have played for a total of 11 years as a youth in a football club and never got injured. He also participated in a trial training session with the club FC St. Pauli. The club would have taken him on as a reserve player at most. For Trymacs to be able to play, eight players would have needed to get injured, says the Twitch streamer. Overall, this doesn’t indicate such bad chances if one wants to pursue the path of a professional football player. Vom Pizza-Lieferant zu einem der größten deutschen Twitch-Streamer – Leben und Karriere von Trymacs in 2 Minuten Autoplay “I had all the chances” What else

There was a time when Twitch felt like the heart of gaming culture. It was messy in a good way, full of energy, full of weird late-night streams, and full of the sense that anyone could turn this into something. Today, that feeling is mostly gone. What remains is a platform that demands more from creators than it gives back, and a system that barely supports the people it relies on. The truth is simple. Twitch is becoming unsustainable, not because of competition, but because the numbers and structure behind it no longer make sense. The “Top 1%” Lie One of the most shocking things about Twitch is how low the bar is for being in the top one per cent. If you average around ten viewers, you are already above 99 per cent of everyone streaming on the platform. It sounds impressive until you realise ten viewers is basically nothing in terms of real support. Ten people watching you is not enough to pay a meaningful bill. It is not enough to build a long-lasting community. It is not enough to give a creator any real stability. You can be in the top statistical bracket that Twitch likes to

Twitch has banned popular streamer RaKai from the livestreaming platform, and fans are already speculating as to what exactly the content creator did. Here’s what we know about the ban. RaKai is a significantly popular streamer who boasts close to 2 million followers on his Twitch channel. The streamer is known for his engaging streams and his collaborations with other popular content creators, notably including Kai Cenat. While he’s still relatively new to the streaming world, RaKai already has a massive and loyal fan following that supports his content. Fans appreciate him for his sometimes over-the-top behaviors, but some of those behaviors go so far that they’ve resulted in backlash from viewers. He was previously banned from Twitch for reckless driving on stream after the moment went viral and resulted in much outrage. RaKai is now facing punishment from Twitch once again, as his channel has been banned from the platform for a third time. Is RaKai’s Twitch ban permanent? RaKai’s Twitch ban isn’t permanent judging by its violation message, so the streamer should be returning to streaming as soon as his temporary suspension period ends. Opening RaKai’s Twitch channel displays that it is temporarily unavailable due to a violation

Popular streamer and Kai Cenat's friend RaKai, also known as "2xRaKai," has been banned from Twitch. On November 17, 2025, an automated account on X, @StreamerBans, informed the online community that the content creator's official account had been suspended for the third time. When trying to access RaKai's channel, a message appears stating that it is currently unavailable due to a violation of Twitch's terms of service or community guidelines. The message reads: "This channel is temporarily unavailable due to a violation of Twitch's Community Guidelines or Terms of Service." Message that appears when trying to access RaKai's official Twitch channel on November 18, 2025 (Image via Twitch) Numerous fans on X have shared their thoughts on the 16-year-old's Twitch ban, with some of them speculating why he had been suspended for the third time. "My guess is he humped The camera witch is tos then blew a firework" X user @mrgodo54 posted. "Rakai has been banned on Twitch for lighting off fireworks in his room" X user @yoxics said. "Rakai is working on getting unbanned after he lit a firework in his room 😳 He will still be live once the ban gets lifted" X user @CloverboysLIVE stated. "Is