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Sneako Has Been Banned on Twitch, YouTube, and Kick

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4 weeks ago

October 23, 2024

Christoph Rediske

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Sneako has been banned from YouTube, Twitch, and Kick in a span of several days in late October 2024.
His Twitch ban is reportedly permanent.
The streamer’s Rumble content, which was long accused of being hateful, is what possibly prompted at least one of these three bans.

Nicolas “Nico” Kenn De Balinthazy, better known by his online moniker Sneako, has been banned from YouTube, Twitch, and Kick in a span of merely a few days. This turn of events adds to the former YouTuber’s streak of controversies.

Sneako is a 26-year-old streamer who has been making content since 2013, and gained attention for his commentary on cultural and societal issues. He has a large, predominantly conservative fan base, having previously amassed more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube, as well as significant followings on other social media platforms. In 2022, his YouTube channel was banned after the Google-owned service found him to be spreading misinformation related to the 2020 U.S. elections and COVID-19 vaccines, as later confirmed by Sneako himself. While the suspension was characterized as permanent, it was unexpectedly lifted a year later, on October 20, 2024.

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However, Sneako’s YouTube channel was banned yet again mere hours later. The exact circumstances of this development are unclear, but the quick re-banning of his account after reinstatement suggests that the initial removal of the suspension may have been a mistake. The fact that the former YouTuber hasn’t actually posted anything to his channel during this brief comeback period aligns with this theory.

Sneako Banned From Twitch a Day After Being Re-Banned on YouTube

A day later, Sneako was also banned on Twitch. Initial reports suggest that this particular suspension is permanent. Twitter fan account Sneako Updates shared a screenshot of the streamer’s alleged ban notification, which states that his channel has been indefinitely suspended due to “extreme hateful conduct” that happened “off Twitch services.”

Shortly afterward, Sneako also got kicked from Kick, which suspended his account on October 23, while he was streaming himself talking to random people. Although the exact reasons for these recent suspensions remain unclear, some social media users speculate that Sneako’s ban may be tied to the content on his Rumble channel. There, he was repeatedly accused of promoting misogynistic and anti-semitic sentiments and giving a platform to various controversial figures.

Sneako has previously also stirred controversy by defending Andrew Tate’s alleged crimes, including his purported act of confiscating passports from sex trafficking victims. On that topic, he once said that Tate’s alleged victims “didn’t know how to obey.” In light of this track record, many social media users have welcomed his latest trio of bans, saying that they’re hoping all of them are permanent. Sneako will plausibly increase his Rumble content output now that he has been deplatformed from some of the largest video services on the internet. He was previously also banned from Instagram.