Why Hasan Piker was banned from Twitch; HasanAbi’s Israel embassy claims surface

Media7 May 25, 2025

May 25, 2025 08:42 AM IST

Hasan Piker, aka HasanAbi, was banned from Twitch after he made posts about the Israeli embassy staff shooter, Elias Rodriguez’s motive

Hasan Piker, aka HasanAbi, was banned from Twitch after he made posts about the Israeli embassy staff shooter, Elias Rodriguez’s motive. The streamer issued a statement acknowledging the ban, and asking the streaming service to ‘change this policy’.

Hasan Piker was banned from Twitch on Saturday (Twitch)

“I covered the motives of the israeli embassy staff shooter. twitch tos dictates a suspension for even critical examination of the manifesto. i believe this is a bad policy for news and press freedom. I’ll take the suspension, but hope twitch changes this policy in the future,” Piker wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

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