Popular Streaming Service "Twitch" has been blocked in China
One Spokesman from Twitch Confirmed that Twitch has been blocked in China but did not specifically said the reason why, and According from Abacus (A tech news site based in Hong Kong) Chinese eSports fans got bothered after state-run "CCTV" network are not covering the eSports events so chinese eSports fans has turned to twitch
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The Twitch App has Surged on Downloads from China's Appstore last month but right now, It was no longer available in the App store of in China according to an Analytics Firm App Annie, the service became the third most used and popular free app from China's iOS Appstore
Twitch's Being Blocked on China has built a small uproar online in China and a Netizen from China says that "All things that don’t jive with Xi Jinping Thoughts will be blocked.” which means that the shutdown is a suppression on free speech
Other foreign platforms are being blocked due to China's censorship provisions known as "Great Firewall or GFW that combines the legislative actions to regulate China's Internet Domestically.
China has been being Strict regarding Censorship when it comes to Foreign Companies that Provides Media Contents to its territories that's why YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and the most recent one: Reddit has been banned on the Country as well, and GFW could be the Main Reason why Twitch has been Blocked on China.
China's Government has became more Strict and toughens its rules that includes online contents including e-books, games and videos.
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