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Twitch To Ban Users For 'Hate' on Other Platforms (bbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the steering-clear dept.

Twitch has updated its guidelines so that abuse taking place on other platforms can contribute to a suspension on the streaming site. From a report: Directing "hate or harassment" towards someone on Twitch using other services will be considered a policy violation. Conduct Twitch deems "hateful" on any platform will result in an "immediate indefinite suspension." Sexual conduct rules have also been changed to consider the "context" of a stream. Moderators will pay attention to clothing, the title of a stream, camera angles and chat moderation when deciding whether something is sexually inappropriate.

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  1. Since Every Tech Company Is Doing This by Kneo24 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sometime soon in the near future, everyone will be banned from everything for something they did that one time, that ultimately, no one gives a shit about.

  2. Re: Good idea by c6gunner · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It was only a matter of time until democrats ended up pursuing their own version of McCarthyism.

  3. Speech != Hate by bryanandaimee · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This would be less troublesome if Hate had not become synonymous with

    Conservative opinion
    Religious opinion
    Liberal opinion
    Biology
    Logic
    Statistics
    Independent thought

    The only thing you can say these days that is not considered hate speech is up-to-the-nanosecond left wing (not liberal) PC group-speak.

  4. Re:Funny by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If a woman is dressing inappropriately that can be called out

    No, it can't. Watch out, or you'll be sent to the SJW reeducation camp..

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