Why was Ac7ionMan banned from Twitch? Kick streamer appeals to lift Ice Poseidon's ban 

Livestreamer Ac7ionMan was recently banned from Twitch. The content creator was one of the first streamers to start making content on the rival platform Kick. That said, he has simultaneously gone live on both platforms over the last few months but got banned on August 7, 2024, after he had Ice Poseidon on his stream.

For context, Ice Poseidon was banned from Twitch in April 2017 after a swatting controversy. Since then, he has moved to other platforms and the Amazon-owned website's ban evasion policy prohibits fellow content creators from prominently featuring suspended individuals on their broadcasts.

It seems Ac7ionMan knew what he was doing. After X user @StreamerBans reported that he got banned, Ac7ionMan posted that he was taking responsibility for his actions and was okay with taking the suspension.

Ac7ionMan also appealed to Twitch that Ice Poseidon should get unbanned, claiming that a lot has changed in the last 8 years since his suspension:

"I admit I knew what I was doing. I’ll take responsibility and take this ban on the chin like a man. But it’s time @twitch Please unban @REALIcePoseidon He and his community are no longer the same the[sic] used to be, please give him a second chance it’s been 8 years"

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Why was Ice Poseidon banned from Twitch? Reason explored as Ac7ionMan talks about lifting his indefinite suspension

Those who have been following the streaming community on Twitch will know that Ice Poseidon is a veteran content creator on the platform. He used to play Old School RuneScape back in the day and has been credited with having made IRL streaming popular with his daily live vlogs garnering many viewers back in the day.

However, IRL streaming has its downsides and the streamer had to deal with a bunch of bad-faith actors who tried sabotaging his broadcasts. Swatting, the act of hoax-calling law enforcement to get them to send tactical units to disrupt a streamer or online personality, was one of the biggest problems.

That is what happened to Ice Poseidon back on April 28, 2017. He was permanently suspended from the platform after he was swatted while taking a flight from LA to Phoenix. Ice Poseidon was streaming his journey at the time when someone called in a bomb threat.

Ice Poseidon and his associates were removed from the flight as a consequence and the news was reported by traditional media outlets as well. Despite support from fellow streamers like Tyler1, Twitch upheld the indefinite suspension and the streamer moved to Mixer till it closed down in 2020. He has been streaming on Kick ever since.

On August 6, however, Ice Poseidon appeared on Ac7ionMan's Twitch stream wearing a mask. This led to the latter being banned from the platform. The streamer has taken the opportunity to call on the platform to lift the indefinite suspension on Ice Poseidon, asking his followers to get #freeiceposeidon trending on social media.

Twitch has been making a few changes to their suspension policies lately, with many individuals with indefinite suspension getting unbanned over the last few months. Controversial internet figure Sneako's channel was unbanned a couple of months ago.