ICE
Creators On Twitch should be Able to Opt-Out of ICE Recruitment Ads.
Many of our communities are comprised of people actively being harmed by ICE Policies and Actions Under Trump. There are already creators saying they'll leave Twitch, or use Ad-Blockers More which will harm the platform as a whole (both in revenue and viewership).
This principle should also apply to Military, or any Government Recruitment; saying this as a Military Veteran myself, with members of my community also being veterans.
I Feel We should be allowed to deny Advertisements for ICE, who are committing violent extra-judicial and unconstitutional actions against US Citizens and Legal Immigrants in America.
We should have the right to refuse government recruitment advertisements on our content, as an citizens with a right to free speech, and to protest actions taken by government bodies.
Hi @Reneta_Scian. We appreciate you raising this concern. Claims that ICE runs ads on Twitch are untrue, and no one has approached us to run ads. There are no plans for any advertising campaigns for ICE.
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Genichiro
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I would much rather not have ICE ads on my content. Especially since a lot of people work with in the various communities I'm a part of are immigrants.
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CupOhJoe
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Twitch please don't support fascists. You can't pretend you stand with the marginalized communities on your platform, while also promoting ICE which targets those groups directly, be better.
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Wyspering
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These are terrible and harmful, remove them!!
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Knimbley
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Twitch’s HQ is in San Francisco, a sanctuary city in a sanctuary state. The first sanctuary city in the country.
Twitch featured Latine creators on their platform less than a month ago.
Platforming ICE in any capacity on the site is in direct conflict with the proclaimed values of the space and puts marginalized creators/community members in the path of harm.
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quettatonia
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I do not wish to collect ad revenue for a heartless organization that only ever causes suffering to their fellow humans and was created to enforce cruelty.
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WanderingPhysicist
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Streamers should be allowed to choose what ads their audience see, especially political ads. Get ICE away from our good times before they ruin it for everyone.
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costelinhadougreference
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Yeah sure, let's have ads for the ******* gestapo here, why not?
We trully live in a horrible timeline
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MegaMeowMilitia
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I was just made aware of this:
Is Amazon really THAT desperate for more ad revenue?!
I can't believe they expect most viewers and creators to just accept this blindly...
AT LEAST give us a way to opt-out, because if you ignore us and/or double down on this, MANY people will just migrate to Youtube or somewhere else entirely...!
But if it was just me, I would just nuke those entirely, as ICE advertisements are DIRECTLY against Twitch's terms of service (the "Hateful Conduct" and "Violence and Threats" sections): https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/Community-Guidelines
Major wtf, Dan Clancy.
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almndcrush
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Remove the ICE ads. The decision to implement them at all was and is ridiculous, reckless, and harmful. Please do better, Twitch.
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tfcFlowless
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i have literally stopped going to twitch because of these ads and also the US military recruitment ads.
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NeonLightsShifter
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ICE ADS?! ON TWITCH?? **** NAH!
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okidokiokami
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Let's actually just get rid of ICE ads entirely, Twitch.
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dinguschungusbungus
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ICE has done nothing but harm communities.
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LundeaDeRune
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I agree, we should be allowed to not have ICE ads on our streams. They're nothing but harmful to everyone, and their reach should be suppressed. State sanctioned evil is still evil and must be treated as such.
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HotTubRaptor
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I'm here to entertain and raise money for good causes, I'm not going to shill for the villains.
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MysticalWonderworld
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The fact this was launched RIGHT AFTER the Vtubers Against ICE Campiagn is just scummy too. Let us control what ads to show on our channels. The fact Twitch is even allowing that horrific ;organization' to buy AD space to begin with is an afront to every marginalized, disabled, and everywhere in-between streamer.
I would rather run nothing but Taco Bell ads, than allow that garbage any traction on my streams. ICE is little more than terrorizers, this is unacceptable.
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asaecuga
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ICE as it is in this administration is a modern gestapo, allowing recruitment ads to an insane evil that is utterly unacceptable.
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Noxryn
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Not only should streamers own the capability to green-light ads they wish to green-light for their channel and audience, but to throw ICE Recruitment ads into circulation is an unacceptable line.
With the damage, destruction, violence and disregard for minority groups this Agency routinely targets that ultimately result in innocent lives being sent off to a monstrous prison in complete violation of due process, in violation of orders from the DOJ, and serves no purpose other than to forcefully attack, vilify and destroy political targets of the current Administration. Not even to get into how ICE's leadership sneers and whines about how Americans have "rights" that sometimes impede their violence.
There is a special place in HeII reserved for those who choose to spinelessly champion them, or serve their interest, for monetary gain.
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GrayGooGlitch
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I am vehemently opposed to ICE and the actions of this current administration. They're currently trying to legislate people like myself out of existence. I dont want ICE or other political ads on my channel and we should have the right to deny them.
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OnyxGalaria
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As creators, we need the ability to control what we show on our streams.
This also applies to ads themed around gambling and other addictive topics being shown to vulnerable people and/or those struggling with addiction.