Leaked Twitch meeting reveals Twitch staff backlash to Adin Ross unban: Report

A leaked all-hands meeting at Twitch included a conversation between CEO Dan Clancy and a disgruntled employee, who asked him why Adin Ross was unbanned on the platform.

Adin Ross was permanently banned from Twitch in February 2023. While he was already at odds with the streaming site and quickly became a staunch advocate for Kick, it wasn’t long before Ross expressed a desire to return to Twitch, citing issues with his “toxic” community.

Then, in March 2025, Ross’s Twitch account was finally reinstated. He’s currently saving his broadcasts there for big collaborations with other streamers, continuing to stream on Kick… but it seems that some employees at Twitch are vehemently against his return to their platform.

As reported by Aftermath’s Nathan Grayson, a Twitch all-hands call took place the week of March 30, in which an employee expressed their displeasure at Ross getting unbanned.

Twitch employee confronts Dan Clancy over Adin Ross unban

In a direct question to CEO Dan Clancy, the staff member quizzed him about the exact reason for Ross’s reinstatement, asking whether or not this was a business decision or a result of the streamer being “reformed.”

“What evidence did you evaluate that Adin Ross had reformed enough since his ban to justify him being unbanned?” they asked. “To be transparent, this is one of the decisions we’ve made that I’ve disagreed with the most. I strongly believe that this opens the wider community to harm and sends a signal that we will allow the sort of vitriol Adin has been known to perpetuate.”

In response, Clancy confirmed that Ross’s unban was not the result of a business transaction, but rather about giving banned broadcasters a “second chance.”

“I can say this emphatically to everyone: This is [in] no way, shape, or form based upon any business considerations whatsoever,” Clancy answered. “This isn’t even remotely related to a business.

“It’s about deciding about when you can give someone a second chance – and then giving them a chance, but if they don’t live up to our expectations, we can take action. So in terms of this opening the wider community to harm, I think that if he doesn’t live up to our community guidelines, then he won’t still be on Twitch.”

Clancy went on to explain that Ross’s ban was thought of as “indefinite, not permanent,” and opened up further about how Twitch handles such bans internally.

“We have a team that looks into this, and it is always a challenging line,” he continued. “We do believe that it’s important for people to be able to change the way they have behaved in the past. I think that’s a critical component, and we try to assess the likelihood that you will behave consistent with our guidelines.

“In this case, Adin has made a number of public statements about trying to change where he’s been. We’ve gotten feedback from various people about him trying to change. As always with this, we will see how it works out.”

Twitch has made big changes to how it handles suspensions as of late. In February 2025, the site introduced updates to its ban enforcement system, allowing those indefinitely banned on its platform the chance to appeal after six months.

Clancy had also been open to the idea of unbanning Ross months before he was actually released from Twitch jail, expressing that he would consider unbanning him if he changed his behavior.