Twitch has temporarily dished out a ban to Lithuanian streamer Karina "Karupups" Martsinkevich after she used dark skin makeup to cosplay Apex Legends' character Lifeline during a stream on Saturday. On the stream, Martsinkevich was using Twitch's "Just Chatting" feature as she prepared her cosplay of the character to an audience of about 100-200 viewers.
Karupups stream was ended before it could finish by Twitch, who has a policy that prohibits the usage of blackface. At the moment, Twitch hasn't commented on the issue, but it did hit the account with a 30-day ban.
We’re getting to a point where nothing is allowed. The context here, for example. She isn’t making fun of black people in any way. She’s trying to remain true to the character, who happens to be black.











