Asmongold has accused Twitch of treating Black male streamers more harshly than other groups when enforcing bans, following the platform’s decision to unban Nina Lin.
The comments were made during a Boxing Day stream, as Asmongold reacted to Twitch removing its suspension on Lin’s channel.
The exact cause of Nina Lin’s most recent ban, her third in 2025, was not confirmed by Twitch, but is widely believed to be because she was accused of stealing from Target on stream.
Another streamer, RaKai, was also banned for apparently stealing from a store while live, after he gave flowers to a woman without paying for them.
Asmongold argued after her unbanning that moderation decisions on the platform are inconsistent, suggesting that Black male creators are punished more severely for comparable offenses.
Speaking to his audience, Asmongold said the situation highlighted what he sees as uneven enforcement across Twitch. He pointed to past cases involving Black male streamers who, in his view, faced longer or permanent bans for similar conduct, while others were reinstated more quickly.
“It’s the fact that it happens, and it’s biased,” the streamer said. “It’s a double standard, where some people get punished, like RaKai gets punished but then Nina doesn’t at all.
“Nina gets unbanned before RaKai. They got banned at the same time. How does this happen? It’s very weird.”
Asmongold questions Twitch’s moderation
He continued, arguing patterns in enforcement decisions suggest systemic issues within the platform’s moderation process.
“How many points on the graph do you need, where Twitch treats people minorities, especially Black men, much more harshly than I think other groups. I think this is undeniable.
“Honestly, I should take a step back and just, like, collect every single bit of evidence of Twitch doing this, because there’s probably 10 examples.”
Twitch has not publicly commented on Lin’s unban. The company typically cites privacy and safety reasons when declining to discuss individual enforcement actions.
However, Lin went live on Boxing Day and showed a receipt which she claims was from the day of the supposed theft, showing she in fact paid for the items she was accused of stealing.
Nina has previously apologised for interactions she had with DisguisedToast and Said, assistant to FaZe Silky, which some claimed were sexual assault.
