Phantoml0rd wins Twitch lawsuit

Home News CS:GO (Image credit: James “Phantoml0rd” Varga) In 2016, Twitch imposed a lifetime ban against popular CS:GO streamer James “Phantoml0rd” Varga. The reason for the ban was never made clear—Twitch said only that the channel was closed “due to terms of service violations”—but it was widely assumed to be related to allegations that he was also the owner of the CS:GO skin gambling site CSGOShuffle, which he heavily promoted on his channel.In 2018, Varga fired back with a lawsuit against Twitch, claiming that it suspended his channel and terminated his contract without providing a required explanation as to why. The suit alleged that Varga was never given written notice of violations and opportunities to correct them as required by the contract, and that his suspension arose from “unsubstantiated, false accusations leveled at Varga by a third party, whose accusations were the culmination of an effort to publicly disparage Varga and take advantage of his popularity.” According to the suit, Varga wasn’t informed of the reason for his suspension until January 2017, when a Twitch employee told him it was due to fraudulent subscribers to his channel. However, he said he was later told that the real problem was the amount…
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