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Twitch bans FaZe Kalei s kaleiL emote cites targeted insults and bullying

FaZe Kalei is the latest streamer to have one of their custom emotes banned by Twitch (Images via Twitter) Twitch streamer recently received some bad news from the platform. In an email, she was notified that one of her custom emotes, "kaleiL," was banned from the site for violating its community guidelines. The emote seems innocent enough, featuring a koala bear making an L shape with its hand over its forehead. The gesture is commonly associated with calling someone a loser. In the email, Twitch's apparent reason for banning the emote was "targeted insults, bullying, and threatening or inciting abuse." Kalei posted an image of the email on Twitter to inform her fans. Furthermore. she expressed her disapproval with the platform's decision. i legit hate the internet now lmaoi legit hate the internet now lmao

FaZe Kalei s custom emote banned by Twitch

Suffice to say, Twitch's removal of the seemingly innocuous emote took everyone by surprise. The email Kalei received stated that the reason for the emote's removal was for violating Twitch's community guidelines against targeted insults and bullying. The L-shaped hand gesture the emote makes is commonly recognized as meaning "loser." The FaZe clan member tweeted out the email, as well as a message of disapproval over Twitch's decision: "I legit hate the internet now..." Fond of sharing memes on her verified Twitter account, she made another tweet stating that the removal has put her in no mood to joke around. no memes today, just sadness and painno memes today, just sadness and pain A similar course of action took place with Minecraft streamer and YouTuber , as he had his dancing monkey emote removed earlier in the week. In this case, Twitch stated that it removed the emote for violating its policy surrounding s*xual content and nudity. This was likely due to the animated emote's dance, where the monkey would perform a pelvic thrust movement. Lots of people are talking about this Twitch have reportedly removed ' dancing monkey emote

Twitch have reportedly removed ' dancing monkey emoteLots of people are talking about this These two instances perhaps signal a concerning trend for streamers. The decision by Twitch to remove these emotes does not seem to be popular with , ConnorEatsPants, other streamers and viewers.

Fans react to FaZe Kalei s custom emote being removed from Twitch

Viewers generally had a disgruntled reaction to Twitch's removal of certain custom emotes. Some called the platform and community "soft" for this course of action. If L is bullying then they better remove Fortnite If L is bullying then they better remove Fortnite Twitch is a dying platform. Twitch is a dying platform. People are so soft now these days People are so soft now these days Many brought up the existence of hot tub streams to seemingly address a double standard when it comes to gratuitous content on the platform. But hot tub streams are a thing But hot tub streams are a thing meanwhile they have porn on their site like lmao, if you want to have porn, fair play but dont treat different creators differently meanwhile they have porn on their site like lmao, if you want to have porn, fair play but dont treat different creators differently But hot tub streams... But hot tub streams... Viewers and streamers will be on the lookout for what custom emotes may fall next. Read about your favorite creators only on & Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Thank You! Show More Comments No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Logout No Results Found