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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Ambre_WolF
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How is my mear existence as a trans person a "sensitive social issue"? Why should people like me just existing on the internet be flagged "18+"???
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nOtjOethe3
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Human rights aren't political
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tessistcool
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lgbtq+ is not a sensitive issue. cencoring lgbtq+ strearms is not acceptable.
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banrionceallach
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Queer people's mere existence is not a 'sensitive social issue'. Neither is queer people talking about their lived experience. Twitch is in the wrong here and it's management team should be ashamed of themselves for siding with bigots and misogynists.
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proofofcat
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Update: so the donaldtrump livestream where, according to 'Time', he said:
“We have open borders when they should be closed. It’s April Fools Day. … We have prisons—people from mental institutions and terrorists—being dumped into our country when they should not be accepted. April Fools Day, right? Who would do that?”
... is absolutely not xenophobic, racist, or demonising mental illness and using it as a slur.
According to Twitch, anyway. They've gone full fash.
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metasilk
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People's sexual and gender identities do not bother me. I would rather have my kids aware of the range of human beings than have that hidden from them.
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JunoVonAdehalea
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While I don't really put my Sexuality out there and don't necessarily discuss it unless someone asks, I still have the LGBTQIA+ Tag. Just simply to show Others that, yes, I am a Part of this Community and you are welcome to chill here. And I'd like to keep that Tag without having to worry about possible demonetization or becoming a Target or something like that.
This is a bad Idea and needs to be reconsidered. -
phoenixfyrefae
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I don't need an 18+ label or a sensitive topics label just because I exist. Do better Twitch, you have hundreds of not thousands of LGBTQIA+ creators.
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rkzeeray
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since when are people "sensitive topic", get it together.
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The_Infernal_Contraption
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The existence of other human beings is not "controversial". Censoring and/or restricting LGBT streamers to meet the demands of bigots should not be tolerated.
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JAQKpanda
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What the **** is this policy? As a bi guy with a trans boyfriend, this is absolutely disgusting from you. Placing war in the same category of political discourse as LGBT rights should not be something people have to fight against in 2024. Get your ******* act together. Human rights are not and SHOULD NOT be political, so get on the right side of history.
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Alphavolcano
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Reading this kind of bullet point in 2024 is disheartening to say the least. Instead of going forward, it seems as we are steadily going back.
People's existence is not political and doesn't need a warning, much less censorship. That such a point made it on the article at all is a horrible, horrible look for Twitch.
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cubic_malevolence
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LGBTQ+ people already live on the outskirts with many people telling us we don't belong. This sounds like another way of saying that there's a "correct" or "normal" way to live (cisgendered and heterosexual) and that if you are LGBTQ+ you are "abnormal" and your very existence is controversial. Please fix this
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WhiteWolfC
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I don´t wanna be a sensitive topic just because I exist, thank you.
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faunaflower_
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Twitch, this is just dumb. With this announcement, you've single handedly labeled the existence of many people as a socio-political belief. Please fix this.
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TheVoidIsBees
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Our existence is not inherently political! Trying to brand and censor us is an awful, stupid decision. Remove this bullet point!
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iRayala
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Backtrack on this decision!
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Kineverence
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My ability to live my life is not a sensitive topic. Who I am happy to be should not be controversial requiring censorship. This would be insulting
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lisore_
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Why not directly put a pink triangle, Twitch ?
You're just pandering to bigots, this is an absolute scandal ! -
Seagrass01
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This bullet point does a LOT of harm.
Appart from that its gonna be **** to "moderate", it just simply promotes alienation of concepts that are too broad and common for it to be deemed as "political" or "sensitive"
The only person that comes to mind that would think that way is Trump, and yeah...
Thats not great look for Twitch or any platform