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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.
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ADameNamedAmy shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
Closed  ·  AdminTwitchSupport (Admin, Twitch) responded  · 

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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  • crisisaurorae commented  ·   ·  Report

    Stop treating everyone on the internet like a 3 year old who needs parental control. It's just an excuse to corporate sanitise platforms.
  • SerbiTheKobold commented  ·   ·  Report

    im sorry but my life and rights are not a "sensitive social issue". I am a person, not a bullet point on a list of topics.
  • EvieIsGayming commented  ·   ·  Report

    Really tired of trying to live my life being seen as political.
  • duckparm commented  ·   ·  Report

    This could damage especially minorities and vulnerable groups who could not feel free to just discuss their own daily life and who they are with out being punished. It is not their fault their existence is politicized.

  • Shardiel commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's nonsense, don't do that, or it'll be easier for haters to raid people who talk about that.
  • boxtaste commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch should remove the "sensitive social issues" clause.
  • LysanderMorgensonne commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is discriminatory, divisive, and hurtful. You're better than this, Twitch. This kind of policy only helps to further embolden and "justify" the actions of hateful groups that will not stop just at trying to exterminate queer, trans, minority, and other people that have been singled out in this guideline. Stand up and do the right thing, and use this platform as a place of community, for ALL people, not just SOME people
  • nytsuj_nobel commented  ·   ·  Report

    Lgbtqia+ persons are, by nature, going to speak about what our lives are like, as are all persons on twitch. This, just as non lgbtqia+ persons may involve the law, and other forces, no different from a Brit discussing a tv licence, a Canadian their free healthcare, an America their constitution, a teacher the current curriculum requirements, a cop the laws they may need to enforce, or a content creator the laws around making content in their homeland, lgbtqis+ persons should be able to discuss how the laws of whare they live impact them
  • s4lem12 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Keep it, this is Hasan’s fault. Hitched your wagon to a loon. Man preaches ACAB but called the cops on his gf, most consistent communist.
  • riyuvonjulai commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why is being LGTQA+ considered a sensitive issue? Are we not human for Twitch? Do we have to prove that we're human hence why it's a sensitive topic?

  • Alexeirah commented  ·   ·  Report

    How do you intend to handle games with LGBTQA+ characters? This is entirely insane, the existence of queer people isn't political and this should tank the amount of people on this platform (just thinking of stuff like critical role, where the LGBT isn't even the main focus but there are just??? Characters that exist?? You're willing to harass people just for existing??)

  • TaraLemons commented  ·   ·  Report

    My mere existence isn't a 'sensitive social issue'. Catering for bigots to ensure they don't have to remember I even exist is not a sustainable model.
  • sharkstomeetyou commented  ·   ·  Report

    Spineless decision on twitch's part. How are you going to enforce it? Am I a "sensitive social issue" by way of existence? Does anyone who allows casual conversation to flow as it may need to check this box? Get real.
  • kax_axolotl commented  ·   ·  Report

    Like **** we’re gonna take this ****. Existence shouldn’t be a privilege. Some stupid bullet point isn’t going to dictate my gay as **** content and how I make it. We’re here, queer, and we won’t be ******* censored.
  • Netairoo commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why have you made an entire group of people prohibited from existing on your site?
    What reasoning have you counjoured to justify this new rule?
    Under what pretence have you decided that LGBTQ+ people are 'Sensitive social issues"?
    Do LGBTQ+ people not exist? Have I been imagining things when I interact with family/friends who are LGBTQ+?
    Which 'snowflakes' are you guys protecting?
  • epser_j commented  ·   ·  Report

    An incrimental demonization of the existence of minorities - this is how fascism functions.
  • kaurakahvi commented  ·   ·  Report

    Good to know that Twitch does not stand for human rights or against the rise of fascism and religious overreach. I'll be making a big note on this and acting accordingly with my viewing habits.
  • Skoulen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Discrimination against anyone sets precedence for all of us to be discriminated against. The limitations set by this app already go far beyond "safety and censorship" and start bordering on "oppressive and outlandish reasoning". It's better to speak up about issues that concern the masses in an informed and educated way but we can't suppress all voices because we don't agree with a few.

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