Hasa Abi
has
eig ited
a
fie ce
debate
ove
st eame
mode atio
afte
a gui g
that
Asmo gold
should
face
pe ma e t
ba s
f om
both
Twitch
a d
YouTube.
His
comme ts
came
afte
Asmo gold
defe ded
ema ks
that
led
to
his
ece t
Twitch
suspe sio .
Hasa
questio ed
whethe
majo
platfo ms
still
e fo ce
thei
ules
co siste tly,
while
also
poi ti g
to
what
he
sees
as
g owi g
p essu e
f om
political
g oups
a d
o li e
campaig s.
Hasa Abi
says
Asmo gold
should
be
pe ma e tly
ba ed
Du i g
a
livest eam
o
August
9,
Hasa Abi
espo ded
to
Asmo gold’s
YouTube
video
Why
I’m
Go e
i
which
the
st eame
add essed
his
two-week
Twitch
suspe sio .
The
co t ove sy
followed
comme ts
i
which
Asmo gold
desc ibed
immig a ts
usi g
dehuma izi g
la guage
a d
advocated
shooti g
people,
i cludi g
child e ,
i
a
discussio
about
immig atio .Rathe
tha
apologizi g,
Asmo gold
said
he
stood
by
his
comme ts.
That
espo se
became
the
focus
of
Hasa ’s
c iticism.Hasa
a gued
that
Asmo gold
appea ed
to
be
testi g
how
fa
Twitch
a d
YouTube
would
allow
him
to
go
befo e
taki g
st o ge
actio .
He
also
compa ed
the
cu e t
mode atio
e vi o me t
with
what
he
believes
would
have
happe ed
seve al
yea s
ago.
“It’s
p etty
wild
that
I
feel
like
this
is
a
test.
Right?
He’s
basically
testi g
the
bou da ies
of
Twitch
to
be
like,
‘Liste ,
what
a e
you
goi g
to
do?
I’m
ot
apologetic.
I
do ‘t
ca e.
I
said
what
I
said.
Go
ahead,
keep
me
ba ed
if
you
ca .
What’s
wild
about
it
is
I
feel
like
this
is
also
testi g
the
bou da ies
of
YouTube’s
te ms
of
se vice,
too.
Because
I
feel
like
YouTube
back
i
the
day
would
quite
lite ally
ba
someo e
fo
stateme ts
like
this
o e.”The
a gume t
places
Asmo gold’s
suspe sio
withi
a
much
la ge
discussio
about
platfo m
ules.
Twitch
a d
YouTube
have
e o mous
c eato
commu ities,
a d
decisio s
i volvi g
co t ove sial
political
speech
ca
quickly
become
flashpoi ts.
Hasa Abi
questio s
Twitch
a d
YouTube
mode atio
policies
Hasa
also
took
aim
at
the
busi ess
p essu es
he
believes
i flue ce
mode atio
decisio s.
He
suggested
that
platfo ms
may
be
i c easi gly
cautious
about
taki g
actio
agai st
p omi e t
c eato s
whose
audie ces
could
espo d
agg essively.”Oh,
my
god!
It
does
say
a
lot
about
how
thi gs
have
gotte
as
fa
as
like
co po ate
cultu e
i
ge e al
that
this
will
p obably
be
a
slap
o
the
w ist
by
Twitch
because
they
a e
*******
te ified
of
a ge i g
the
ight-wi g
masses
that
have
spe t
a
good
deal
of
time
doxxi g
people
that
wo k
fo
the
t ust
a d
safety
team
at
Twitch.
It’s
like
eally
******
up!”Hasa
we t
eve
fu the ,
sayi g
Asmo gold
would
likely
have
faced
a
pe ma e t
ba
u de
the
sta da ds
he
emembe s
f om
p evious
yea s.
He
b ought
up
Desti y
as
a othe
example
of
a
c eato
who,
i
his
view,
eceived
ha she
pu ishme t
fo
less
se ious
ema ks.”This
would
be
a
i sta
pe ma.
Like,
the e
is
o
shot!
I
would
say,
p e-T ump
2.0,
this
is
a
pe ma.
Like,
Desti y
got
ba ed
fo
less,
which
is
c azy
to
say.
Like,
he
got
pe ma’d
fo
less,
a d
he
defi itely
dese ved
it!
So,
I
do ‘t
eve
k ow
whe e
we’ e
at
ow.
You
k ow?
I
feel
like
this
would
be
a
ba
o
*******
YouTube
as
well!
O
at
least
a
demo etizatio
o
YouTube
as
well!”The
dispute
ow
aises
a
familia
questio
fo
Twitch
a d
YouTube:
whe e
should
platfo ms
d aw
the
li e
betwee
co t ove sial
political
comme ta y
a d
speech
that
violates
thei
ules?Asmo gold
had
ot
publicly
espo ded
to
Hasa Abi’s
latest
comme ts
at
the
time
of
the
epo t.
Fo
ow,
the
clash
betwee
the
two
c eato s
highlights
how
mode atio
decisio s
ca
become
political
battles
of
thei
ow ,
pa ticula ly
whe
majo
st eame s
a e
i volved.
