Who is Sneako aka Nicholas Nico and why has he been permanently banned from Twitch?

POPULAR streamer Sneako aka Nicholas Nico has been banned from the tract permanently.

Here we look astatine wherefore the gamer tin nary longer usage the Twitch level and what helium had to accidental astir the site’s verdict.

Who is Nicholas Nico aka Sneako?

Nicolas "Nico" Kenn De Balinthazy aka Sneako was calved connected September 8, 1998 successful New York.

He is simply a YouTuber and a societal media prima who is champion known for his gaming content.

Sneako besides posts connected X/Twitter, wherever helium has a fanbase of implicit 60K followers, portion connected Instagram helium has astir 3K fans (stats close arsenic of October 2024).

The influencer is besides known for his arguable comments, which person often landed him successful blistery water.

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Why has Sneako been banned from Twitch?

On October 22, 2024, Sneako revealed helium had been banned from Twitch implicit “extreme hateful conduct”.

The gamer took to X to stock the email helium received from the gaming platform's bosses.

The email shared an extended database of reasons wherefore Sneako had been banned, and they were: “Extreme hateful conduct.

"Focusing your behaviour connected promoting, encouraging, oregon facilitating the favoritism oregon denigration of others based connected their protected characteristics.

“Examples of violative behaviour include, but are not constricted to Devoting a bulk of your watercourse towards promoting racism oregon xenophobia."

It continued: “Going connected a prolonged rant astir however a circumstantial radical of radical are a information to nine due to the fact that of their religion. Participating successful oregon organizing a hatred group's malicious activities."

In effect to being permanently banned, Sneako posted a video connected Instagram, wherever helium said: “I don't adjacent cognize what I got banned for.

“I conscionable woke up, and saw the email (reading retired the email) 'extreme hateful conduct'... present we spell again!”

Going connected helium said: “I'm not gonna play stupid, I cognize they [Twitch] are getting unit close present origin let's beryllium real.

"People similar Destiny, radical similar XQC, similar Pokemon, these radical are applying unit due to the fact that they are saying Twitch is allowing antisemitic radical connected the platform, each due to the fact that we are vocal astir what is going connected successful the Middle East. 

“That's what it is.”

Where other has Sneako been banned from?

In 2022, Sneako was banned from YouTube for "repeated assemblage line violations". 

It came astir aft helium was accused of "spreading misinformation astir Covid and the 2020 US elections".

After helium was cancelled from the platform, helium live-streamed and posted contented connected the alt-tech societal media level Rumble.

On October 20, 2024, Sneako was reinstated connected YouTube, lone to beryllium banned 2 days later.