Take action on harassment & doxing reports
Twitch has very clear policies in regards to what is prohibited.
But lately, it seems that no action is taken when any streamer harasses anyone.
It has gotten to the point that there's actual news in the media about different harassment cases on Twitch and where Twitch seems to ignore it.
In my own case, I have provided a link to the VOD where I am clearly doxed and personally identifiable information is released, I have provided screenshots of whispers from the streamer sent to others urging them to ban me and discussing how they are targeting me, and of a mass email they've been sending.
All to no avail.
And that's just my case. I know on this own platform there are a few who are undergoing similar issues.
And of course the most recent one would be the big streamer who is getting death threats after being doxed by a partnered streamer.
No action taken in any of these instances.
Per Twitch Community Guidelines for Harassment, "Twitch should not be used to incite, encourage, promote, facilitate, or organize hateful conduct or harassment, even against targets off the Twitch services, and doing so will result in enforcement action taken against the relevant accounts."
It also lists "Targeting others with repeated or severe personal attacks" and "Inciting viewers to target another person with abuse, regardless of whether the targets are on or off-Twitch" as categories of harassment.
So my constructive feedback would be for Twitch to actually take action on harassment reports. Because right now, we are left on our own. I don't know about the other streamers but in my case, I've hired an attorney. Because I may be a very small streamer, but as a public figure with a public career outside of this platform, I take defamation seriously. But I wouldn't have had to hire an attorney if Twitch had just banned the streamer responsible.
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h0m3st4r
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I agree, especially when those harassment attempts are organized and all but outright approved by streamers and mods, like this.
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jayPane
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Twitch has very clear policies in regards to what is prohibited.
But no action is taken when any streamer harasses anyone.
There's actual news in the media about different harassment cases on Twitch and how Twitch is ignoring it.In my own case, I have provided a link to the VOD where I am clearly doxed and personally identifiable information is released, I have provided screenshots of whispers from the streamer sent to others urging them to ban me and discussing how they are targeting me, and of a mass email they've been sending.
All to no avail.
And that's just my case. I know on this own platform there are MANY who are undergoing similar issues.
And of course the most recent one would be the big streamer who is getting death threats after being doxed by a partnered streamer.
No action taken in any of these instances.
Per Twitch Community Guidelines for Harassment, "Twitch should not be used to incite, encourage, promote, facilitate, or organize hateful conduct or harassment, even against targets off the Twitch services, and doing so will result in enforcement action taken against the relevant accounts."
It also lists "Targeting others with repeated or severe personal attacks" and "Inciting viewers to target another person with abuse, regardless of whether the targets are on or off-Twitch" as categories of harassment.
So my constructive feedback would be for Twitch to actually take action on harassment reports. Because right now, we are left on our own. I don't know about the other streamers but in my case, I've hired an attorney. Because I may be a very small streamer, but as a public figure with a public career outside of this platform, I take defamation seriously. But I wouldn't have had to hire an attorney if Twitch had just banned the streamer responsible.