Ban Channel Moderators known to cross-ban
updated 3/28/2022
first posted 5/29/2021
Or promote them to Global Moderators because they are effectively doing your job for you.
For those who don’t know the difference:
A Twitch Global Moderator is someone hired by Twitch to process your personal information and track your usage of the platform.
A Channel Moderator is any random idiot chosen by any streamer to process your personal information and track your usage of the platform.
The difference is as follows:
The first represents Twitch and is legally required to be responsible with your private information (according to California’s Online Privacy Protection Act).
The second represents a private business that is affiliated or partnered with Twitch that is not legally required to do anything nearly responsible with your private information.
THEY ARE HOWEVER, STILL REQUIRED TO FOLLOW TWITCH TOS.
It’s very clear, Twitch:
9. Prohibited Conduct
YOU AGREE NOT TO violate any law, contract, intellectual property, or other third-party right; not to commit a tort, and that you are solely responsible for your conduct while on the Twitch Services.
You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch’s Community Guidelines and will not:
i. create, upload, transmit, distribute, or store any content that is inaccurate, unlawful, infringing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable;
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v. defame, harass, abuse, threaten, or defraud users of the Twitch Services, or collect or attempt to collect, personal information about users or third parties without their consent;
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xvii. use the Twitch Services for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any local, state, national, or international law or regulation, including without limitation laws governing intellectual property and other proprietary rights, data protection, and privacy.
If you hate reading here’s the summary.
It is explicitly against ToS for channel moderators to go “above and beyond” their self-appointed station to collect your data for the purpose of baring your use of the Twitch service.
It is not their right and it is in violation of yours.
Twitch does nothing to stop this as it has no legal repercussions on them.
If you don’t think it’s happening, ask your favorite streamer what moderator guilds (another thing against ToS) they are a part of.
Or better yet. Just ask them about the users they have cross-banned themselves.