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Presumption of evidence is morally important because the force of the state is ultimate: they can deprive a person of life and liberty as a consequence.

The suggestion that it is immoral for a different standard being applied to a private clubhouse is not something that was supported by the influential thinkers who gave us the former idea.

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In a capitalistic society where corporations hold as much power or more than governments do in our day to day lives you surely must see how this is a moral principle that must apply to them also. There's life ruining things beyond jail such as being homeless and shunned.

For sure, and we've done that through regulations where appropriate: e.g. landlord/tenant law, utility commissions, etc.

Twitch is hardly in that category, though.

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