Using a VPN on the popular game streaming site Twitch can prevent other users of the service from seeing your chats, as the company has reportedly started banning VPN users. From December and January, reports began to appear on social networks in which users claimed that other users of the service could not see their chats in the feeds when connected to a VPN. As is the case with other online services, there are a number of reasons a user might want to use a VPN on Twitch, including the ability to view content from the service in countries where it is prohibited or use certain features of the platform that they are not currently available. Available in all regions. However, some users are able to activate their VPN when logging into Twitch to avoid account bans, but the number of legitimate VPN users still far exceeds these outliers.
Shadows ban
According to a new report from WIN, Twitch now prohibits VPN users from shadowing so that their chats will no longer appear during a stream, regardless of their intentions when using a VPN to connect to their platform. As a result, VPN users still see their chats appear in a stream, but the streamer and all other chat participants cannot see them. In a recent Twitter post, a user who goes by the pseudonym @notdan explained that the game streaming platform has banned almost all VPN providers from allowing their users to chat on their service. Meanwhile, reports have also started appearing on Reddit, confirming that VPN users are no longer able to chat on Twitch. So far, NordVPN and MullVad are two of the VPN providers that users can no longer chat with on Twitch, but many other popular VPN services have also been banned. While Twitch users are increasingly concerned about how they'll be able to protect themselves online, streamers are also concerned about losing their referrals to VPN providers. There hasn't been an official response from Twitch yet, but now that the story has gained traction online, expect the company to say something soon. Until then though, you may need to turn off your VPN while watching content on their platform if you still want to be able to chat with streamers and other viewers. via WIN