Banned on Kick?

Kick's Community Guidelines describe a range of steps. Lighter ones are warnings, chat muting, revoked privileges, added restrictions and removed content. Heavier ones are suspensions and bans. Kick's help pages name three levels: a temporary suspension for a set period, an indefinite suspension with no end date, and a permanent ban that closes the account.

Not every block comes from Kick. A streamer or their moderators can ban you from their channel's chat. That only affects that channel, and Kick has a separate unban request route for it. The rights below are about Kick's own decisions.

• Disabled: you cannot log in, or your channel no longer shows.
• Suspended: a temporary or indefinite suspension, explained in an email.
• Restricted: muted in chat, lost privileges or features, or verification removed.
• Appeal denied: Kick reviewed your appeal and kept its decision.
• How long: how long suspensions and appeal reviews take, and the EU time limits.
• Permanently banned: what a permanent ban means and what is still open to you.
• Business account: streamers who lose subscriptions, Partner Program income or payouts.
• Banned by mistake: hacked accounts, report waves, clips out of context and wrong age checks.

Kick is run by Kick Streaming Pty Ltd in Australia and has named a legal representative in the EU, in Malta. Kick says it has under 45 million monthly users in the EU, so it is not a Very Large Online Platform. The core DSA rules for platforms still apply to it. If you live in the EU:

1. Statement of reasons (DSA Art. 17). Kick must tell you clearly what it decided, the facts, the rule, whether automated tools were used, and how to challenge it. This also covers suspending or ending monetisation.
2. Internal complaint (DSA Art. 20). Free, for at least six months after the decision. Kick states no deadline of its own. A person must be involved, and a wrong decision must be reversed without undue delay.
3. Out-of-court dispute body (DSA Art. 21). You can go to a certified body, even without the internal complaint first. No certified body names Kick yet, but general bodies may still take the case. Use the dispute body finder and ask the body first.
4. Your data (GDPR Art. 15). A free copy of your personal data, answered within one month.
5. Court. That right stays open.

Streamers who earn money on Kick may also have rights under the P2B Regulation as business users, depending on the facts.

These EU rules do not cover Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the UK or anywhere else. Outside the EU, the email appeal to Kick is your main route.

• Don't open a new account or stream on a second channel. Kick says suspensions and bans apply to the person, and a new account can hurt any future appeal on your original one.
• Don't send the same appeal again and again. Kick says repeat appeals on the same decision will not change the outcome.
• Don't appeal on social media. Kick says it only processes appeals sent to its appeals address.
• Never give your login to anyone who offers to "unban" you, and never pay for it.

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