Twitch bans streamers for simulating ASMR earlicking in yoga pants

A month ago, Twitch responded to the growing popularity of hot tub streams by creating a new category for Pools, Jacuzzis, and Beaches. Since then, another trend has become a hit on Twitch: streamers simulating the sound of earlicking with ASMR microphones while wearing yoga pants. This strangely specific trend is all over Twitch’s ASMR channel, and two of the streamers that dominated it, Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa and Jenelle “Indiefoxx” Dagres, were banned.

Amouranth was at the center of the hot-tub streaming controversy when his streams were demonetized by Twitch and considered “unfriendly to advertisers,” even though they were in Twitch’s content guidelines. Twitch later took a backpedal when he created the channel dedicated to Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches, saying that, “being found sexy by others is not against our rules, and Twitch will not take enforcement action against it. to women, or anyone at our service, for their perceived appeal. ”