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Twitch has confirmed that former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump\u2019s three-year ban on the gaming stream platform has been reversed. A statement from Twitch confirmed the news about the status of Trump\u2019s ban from the platform.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe reinstated former President Trump\u2019s Twitch channel,\u201d the statement read. \u201cWe believe there is value in hearing from Presidential nominees directly, when possible. Trump is now the official Republican nominee for US President.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Amazon-owned platform first issued <\/a> on President Trump’s account in 2020 for violating its hateful conduct and harassment policies and <\/a> two weeks later. Twitch <\/a> following the Jan. 6 riot on the US Capitol in 2021 due to \u201cthe current extraordinary circumstances and the President\u2019s incendiary rhetoric\u201d before issuing <\/a> two weeks later, according to a Twitch spokesperson.<\/p>\n Four people died and 174 police officers were injured during the attack. Three more police officers involved in the riot died in the days and weeks following Jan. 6, according to the <\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Twitch is the latest Internet platform to lift a ban on one of Trump’s accounts. Meta rolled back Trump’s restrictions on <\/a> a week ago.<\/p>\n <\/a> during his presidential campaign against President Joe Biden. His campaign team used the platform to stream his rallies and other events starting with a stump speech in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n Since then, politics has carved out a notable corner of Twitch with live broadcasts of moments like the recent Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and <\/a>. Pundits and commentators on both sides of the political aisle also regularly broadcast live streams of political events and speeches and host debates on Twitch.<\/p>\n This article contains affiliate links; if you click such a link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n