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Twitch started enforcing its off-service conduct policy in April 2021. At the time, it said it would respond to serious incidents that "pose a substantial safety risk to the Twitch community" even ...
However, high-severity violations like hateful conduct will stick around for one to two years. However, that doesn't mean Twitch is going to go easy on repeat offenders.
(Bloomberg) -- Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors about the popular livestreaming site’s ability to police abusive ...
In the aforementioned follow-up email, I asked about Murdock’s suggestions that the platform may not be punitive enough when it comes to hateful conduct or sexual harassment. A Twitch rep ...
Twitch has revised its “Hateful Content Policy” to include “Zionist” as a potential slur following mounting criticism over Israel-Gaza war content on the platform.
Both have been suspended from Twitch for different reasons; Saltman for harassment rules and Destiny for hateful conduct. Many of their fans online on forums such as Reddit want them reinstated.
January 2022 has been another drama-filled month on Twitch. Two of the platform’s biggest creators, Ninja and Pokimane (a.k.a. Tyler Blevins and Imane Anys), have gotten into a very public ...
Twitch has added a new category to its content classification guidelines covering "politics and sensitive social issues," meaning that streams discussing topics such as "elections, civic integrity ...
Twitch previously described the kinds of "Sensitive Social Issues" that would warrant its warning label as including discussions about religion, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights and immigration.
Amazon’s Twitch Safety, AI Ethics Job Cuts Raise Concerns Among Ex-Workers Some of those let go worry content-monitoring effort will slip They say the company will be more dependent on outside help ...