Brazilian Twitch streamer RaulZito was arrested last month insiderin which the first coverage of the Brazilian side G1. Twitch just banned RaulZito’s account yesterday, according to the tracking site StreamerBans.
Content Warning: This article contains a discussion of sex crimes against children.
RaulZito, whose real name is Raulino de Oliveira Maciel, is known for streaming Fourteen days and for the production of video content with young actors. On July 27, police in Rio de Janeiro arrested Maciel on charges of “raping those in need of protection”. That Police statement Maciel does not name explicitly, but mentions a “YouTuber” who was a “child theater, film and television actor” before. According to the report, he used his Instagram account to reach victims with promises of work. Two children between the ages of 10 and 14 are named as victims, and “the investigation continues to identify other victims of the perpetrator”.
In one Declaration of July 27thSBT Games, the network where Maciel broadcasts, said Maciel was no longer on the network until the investigation was pending. ON Video received from G1 shows law enforcement officers leading a man who appears to be Maciel – with the same distinctive blue hair and bright pink beard – into a police vehicle in São Caetano do Sul.
It is clear that Maciel was arrested and charged with some serious allegations. What is less clear, however, is why it took Twitch so long to issue a ban despite an arrest being on the books. After all, this is the same platform that exposed relatively quickly Women from the network, including Amouranth and Indiefox, for … licking microphones. RaulZito is also banned on YouTube, although it is unclear exactly when that ban took place.
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For years, Twitch has eluded explaining why it bans the streamers it bans. But the veil may soon be lifted. Earlier this week Twitch has reversed this longstanding policy and will now tell the streamers why they have been banned.
Twitch and YouTube did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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