Remove "sensitive social issues" bullet point.
Twitch should remove the "sensitive social issues" clause from Article VII of its Content Classification Guidelines. LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and reproductive rights are NOT "sensitive social issues", they are common sense issues, where one side simply wants their liberties intact. The controversy is entirely on the other side of the argument the involves taking those liberties away.
Especially as it pertains to LGBTQ+ individuals, the notion that the discussion of their very existence is political is absolute nonsense. These people should be allowed to discuss the issues affecting them without being set behind some kind of "explicit content" label. This is a slippery slope that begins with people automatically labeling non-heteronormative lives and content as "deviant" or "degenerate", especially by grossly bad actors who want to be edgy.
Remove the final bullet point from Article VII.
Thank you for raising this. We’ve just posted a Tweet addressing these concerns.
You don’t need to label your stream with the new Politics & Sensitive Social Issues CCL if you are sharing your lived experience. Intermittent mentions of politics, politicians, or sensitive social issues also do not require the Politics and Sensitive Social Issues label. We apologize for not communicating this well initially.
If you are an LGBTQ+ streamer, for example, you do not need this label when talking about your lived experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. We’ve added clarifying language to the Content Classification Guidelines to better express this.
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EthraxAmp
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The idea that twitch conciders my human rights a "sensitive issue" is absolutely appalling. Definitely makes me reconsider even having a twitch account at all
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Mouse_Mussy
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Remove the clause twitch.
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Gregarsky
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Twitch is deplorable just for proposing this. We need more platforms and legislation that forbid big tech from doing that kind of ****
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a_black_plastic_chair
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Definitely remove, this not only serves to damage creators and audiences, but also labels someone's existence as a political topic worthy of consequence
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LexiZone
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My existence is not political. Bad show, bad show.
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JettXRose
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This. My existence isn’t political, nor is it a “sensitive topic” for advertisers to avoid
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jbobl70
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I dont believe my mere existence should be labeled as a sensitive topic. I already have to hide in my own community, i shouldnt have to on twitch, i need a safe space, and proper community where i can just be and not be a point of contention thank you
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shadowrunnernex
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As someone that has been following LGBTQ+ issues, I must say that I am THOROUGHLY disappointed in the leadership of Twitch, and would like to express my anger as the person whom proposed this foolish and bigoted idea in the first place.
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HawkeyeRio
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It seems "bad actors" are already amongst the staff considering this was passed. Shame on you twitch, trying to further marginalize a marginalized community. What's next? Will twitch declare discussing one's heritage to be "sensitive social issues"? Biting the hand that feeds them as well, they are going to lose so much money as pro-lgbt groups host their events elsewhere.
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SnowTheBard
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How on earth does painting a target on any LGBTQ+ streamer help the community? Stop making this a political matter.
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PunkieBuns
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These should definitely be removed, it is outrageous that this was added. I am under the trans umbrella, and my existence shouldn't be a political issue. Doing this just brings unwarranted legitimization to those that want to say it's a political issue and validates their hateful bigotry.
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Mivlya
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Labeling discussion of gender and sexuality as "sensitive politics" is a cowardly centrist move used to ATTEMPT to please all sides but truly is just giving in to the right by agreeing with them that their complaints have merits. Do you even have any idea how much of your userbase is trans or queer? Remove this stupid point.
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EEc1ipse
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The fact that this was approved makes me sick. Do better Twitch. Our existence is NOT political.
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ssadowitz93
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LGBTQ+ people just want to live their lives in peace. By labeling their very existence as a "sensitive issue" you are denying their very existence and identity and punishing them for expressing themselves in a place where they come to take refuge from the ******** of offline.
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mickyd443
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This is dumb as heck. My existence is not political. Remove this.
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erikaaeturnum
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What is twitch thinking!?
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McNugget_7511
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My existence and discussing my near daily experiences outside of politics shouldn't ever be considered controversial, much less on the same level of controversy as discussing literal war. This does nothing but place a passive threat onto all queer twitch streamers to either flag themselves in the same group as massively controversial and radical streams or never mention anything about themselves out of fear. My existence isn't political, my existence isn't an ideology, and my existence is NOT a controversial topic.
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blippyyy
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Do better, Twitch. You somehow continue to drop the bar for your site lower, and lower. Pathetic.
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SleepyProcyon
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My gender identity and sexuality is not political, explicit, nor is it a sensitive topic.
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roboticowl
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I feel that grouping discussions of legislation affecting human rights with discussion of war or political candidates' streams under a single content warning label is misguided at best. The implication seems to be that there are multiple rational sides that viewers might support for both kinds of content. That may be the case for geopolitical conflicts or political candidates but I hope that we can agree that twitch should be a place that recognizes the basic rights of all humans as a given even when those humans belong to groups whose rights some legislation in the US may want to ignore.