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.
ADameNamedAmy
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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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Daisy___Flower
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We are not a "politically sensitive topic." We are normal people trying to just live as ourselves. BUZZ OFF AMAZON, we know you're all buddy-buddy with the weirdos who are disturbingly so obsessed with us. These "politically sensitive topics" are common sense stances, not something to be debated and argued against.
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xgremlynnx
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Women refuse to be silence any longer!!
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DanicaTheRat
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I'm pretty sure this violates a censorship law as well and they're trying to use political issues as a distraction or an excuse. I exist, nothing about that needs to be political, it shouldn't be political, and it **** sure shouldn't be censored.
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MisterCopper
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I'm a human being, *******! Not a "sensitive social issue!" My life has value here!
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pyointyfruit
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Booo booooo get it out!
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nope_not_today_satan
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Why the **** is my normal *** life a sensitive social issue. What the **** is wrong with you Twitch. It's not like we don't already have a tagging system in place.
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reticulatedjester
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I am not a "politically sensitive topic" I am a human being. I just want to love my partner & exist as anyone else does.
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Tranchessder
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I'm not "politically sensitive." I'm trying to live my life.
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QueenL0sT64
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LGBT people shouldn't be considered a "political topic", and we have the LGBT tags in stream tags anyway, so we shouldn't have to flag ourselves as "political" when literally all we're doing is existing.
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harmonion
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What an absolutely abysmal addition. In no world should this behavior be permissible, especially not within a company as large as Twitch. The fact they could not foresee this rule resulting in public backlash is shocking, albeit not wholly so. I can only hope that they amend this, but if not, I've only used Twitch a handful of times anyways — No harm done in permanently dropping it.
Also, political? Really? A group of people's mere existance should not count as "political" to you, let alone a marginalized people's. What an absolute tool the person who wrote this in must be.
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AlpacaODoom
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This isn't just discriminative but also in breach of the equality act here in the UK because of how discriminative it is, did Twitch not run this by a solicitor here?
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Quiet_Emerald
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I just wanna play video games, my existence isn't up for debate. Heck you twitch!
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ducopie
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This is very discriminative against LGBT people because is implying that their existence is not okay and should be kept away from the public. Please reverse from this change
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KalySharky
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LGBTQ+'s right to exist is *not* political. It was MADE political by those who hate us, and policies like this only embolden the hatred directed towards us. I should not have to label my streams as political simply because I am trans and may talk about that fact!
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Astron_83
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twitch will gladly have and keep predators and raging misogynists platformed before they even think of allowing queer people to have a voice on their platform, they need to do better
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obli_vianne
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Someone’s life is not political just because you make it so. The tags for LGBTQ+ creators helps find community, raise awareness for the community’s issues, and normalize our existence in a world where anti-trans bills in the US alone are still being passed. This passing alienates a large portion of the user base, and streamers bringing revenue to Twitch. Someone existing is not politically sensitive! Catering to bigots makes you no better than your competitors and if this passes, I will be going elsewhere, and so will my community.
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kittenkiwi98
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This will directly impact my life as a Trans creator and twitch affiliate. This forces me to reconsider the choice of where to stream.
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konstelacio
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I belong to Twitch communities with LGBTQ+ friends at their center, and I have never known them to be degenerate in any manner. Requiring this label to be placed on streams / channels that only lightly touch on social matters, when it is warranted, should not be required.
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NeonSaline
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My existence is not “politically sensitive”.
Point blank.
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dastard27
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I'm a trans, gay, and asexual content creator who plans to start streaming about my ocs in THOSE COMMUNITIES(AND MORE!!!!) and i refuse to let twitch label my and their existence as "politically sensitive".