Twitch gets blocked in Silverio World, upsets content creators

'''August 9, 2018

SILVERIO LAND—''' The biggest event in SICA's history since Instagram's blocking just broke the news.

Twitch, a video site popular with gamers, just got blocked in Silverio World. The blocking took place on August 5, and the next day SICA released a statement stating that porn was reportedly being distributed on the site. However, it was revealed that it wasn't true and it turned out to be fake news. Once again, people got very angry, especially Twitch streamers. Twitch streamer HXXT1390, from Tianin, told us he relies on streaming on Twitch to pay his expensive rent in Downtown Tianin. As a result, content creators such as him got angry when Twitch got blocked in Silverio World. "Without Twitch, how can I pay my bills?" he says in an interview with SNT News. "This is insane, SICA needs to get their [insert bad word here] together and stop blocking sites. It hurts jobs, it hurts people that use it, and it hurts the creators. Let's go on strike."

On August 7, the Twitch blocking made international headlines. A Change.org petition was started to get Twitch unblocked. Mass demonstrations took place against the blocking of Twitch. Even Amazon, the company who owns Twitch, said that "we are working with the Silverish government to make Twitch accessible again." A hashtag, #BringBackMyTwitch, started trending on social media. This, along with the blocking of Musical.ly earlier this year (now called TikTok), has made SICA even more unpopular.

Stay tuned in the following months as we cover this story.