Amazon-owned Twitch has finally reinstated former President Donald Trump’s account, just after he formally accepted the GOP nomination for president in 2024.
Twitch banned Trump “indefinitely” in 2021 following the Capitol protest on Jan. 6. TechCrunch reported that Twitch has now reinstated Trump’s account because he is a presidential nominee in the upcoming 2024 election.
Twitch stated “there is value in hearing from presidential nominees directly, when possible,” TechCrunch reported. Trump’s team used his channel on Twitch in 2020 to broadcast his campaign events, the outlet explained, something they can now do again.
“We continue to enforce our Community Guidelines and take necessary enforcement action when we identify violations of our rules,” TechCrunch quoted a Twitch spokesperson. “Twitch doesn’t have a ‘public figure…
