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
shared this idea
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.
-
GracelessExit
commented
I am trans and I am bi. The fact that I exist is NOT a sensitive social issue, and I should be able to talk about my own day to day life without a sensitive topic warning. This policy is clearly discriminatory, it's ridiculous.
-
turrien
commented
A queer person existing is not a controversial topic. Forcing a label on someone for existing is horrendous behavior right out of the fascist playbook and is never acceptable.
-
strudel_doodle
commented
I am not a "sensitive social issue" and my existence is not political!
-
616_lvcifer
commented
WHat?! How did people talk about this and pass it as community guidelines without noticing how OBVIOUSLY DAMAGING this is to every single person on the platform?
-
Kappatechy
commented
I am a non-binary individual, with plenty of LGBTQ+ folks in my family. I mod for a trans streamer, and half the other streams I frequent are run by LGBTQ+ streamers of various forms. I should be allowed to discuss my shared experiences with them without forcing them to put up a content warning. This is a ridiculous act of censorship, only serving to reinforce the far-right notion that cis, straight, monogamous people are "normal" and the rest of us are not.
My existence is not political. The existence of this policy is.
-
twichtmockyflompie
commented
Yes, I would also like to express myself as a femboy for the LGBTQ+ community
-
michaelsoft_binbows98
commented
I for one would like to be myself and not treated as a sensitive social issue :)
-
EeveeGavin
commented
The fact we even have to say how bad it is, is absurd
-
TZer0
commented
Twitch right now: "yeah, uh, the existence of trans people is as gruesome to hear about as war crimes"
-
HoneyTMouse
commented
Twitch's new rules are labeling and isolating the LGBT community and minorities. This needs to change, or it just proves Twitch doesn't care about minorities and they only like to pander on the surface
-
Maaayhemm
commented
Twitch what in the actual ****, how are you comparing my existence as a non binary person to ******* GENOCIDE, are you drunk? there is no way y'all think saying "yeah I'm trans" is on the same level of talking about kids getting blown into pieces by military drones
-
AlecDaShark
commented
Imagine thinking this an acceptable thing when you run a platform based on creativity and self expression. You're missing the point entirely of streaming here. A person's existence isn't a "sensitive social issue." The sensitive social issue here is you pushing the idea that lgbt identities are inherently political. It only becomes political the moment you raise it as an issue or problem. Or resort to putting a specific label for this content. Stop being more dumb than you already have been. Not to mention it shows an ongoing trend that you wish to silence anyone that doesn't fit into your ideal mold, or doesn't make you enough money. (namely vtubers that needlessly face your scorn just because they dare to exist.) It's disgusting that you'd even consider this an acceptable decision. Honestly, get your **** together.
-
Snowfire6916
commented
I am not a "sensitive social issue". I am a trans woman.
My existence is not controversial Twitch.
-
sashka_the_spook
commented
RIGHTS OF MINORITIES ARE NOT CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS THEY ARE A NECESSITY
-
Thesaurasaurus
commented
Yo Twitch please don't fall for this One Weird Trick bigots keep using to bring back legal discrimination
-
GnatNibbler
commented
Trans and gay people talking about themselves and their lives should not be diminished in any way. Stop politicizing other people's identities.
-
Iconfan82
commented
Didn't realize that me breathing would be so controversial.
-
retailescapeartist
commented
Being lgbtqia+ should in no way be grouped alongside topics that are actually political/sensitive. This just pushes down the wonderful conversations that communities have. It feels like we're being silenced just because of who we are.
-
Catpurrple
commented
This is a horrible and dehumanizing rule that should be removed. For years already, bigots and bot farms will brigade the streams of trans and gay people, and other such groups, just to harass and belittle. All you're accomplishing with this is making it easy for those bad actors to find said streams to brigade. This is disgusting.
-
Milymentalist
commented
wtf is this elon musk *** decision twitch? Stop pandering to the "just asking questions" jerks