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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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  • CupIsACat commented  ·   ·  Report

    There is no discussion on whether people have a right to exist.
  • Llwellynn commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence isn't a "sensitive social issue", Twitch. My existence is there and will be there, whether you want it or not, whether you want to hide it or not. This clause will just pave a way for people to hate indiscriminately and with the community unable to fight back because it's deemed "political" and a "sensitive topic.

  • Cheapsteaks commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is a horrible idea. Someone's existence and their right to express it is not politics, and this can be incredibly easily abused by bad actors.
  • keely_lionheart commented  ·   ·  Report

    If twitch values human beings, EVERYONE should be allowed to exist without being politicized.

  • m4tt0l1s commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yo Twitch, labeling our rights as 'sensitive issues'? Nah, that ain't it. We're just living our lives, not making politics. Let us be without the extra labels. ✊
  • ArcturusSaDiablo commented  ·   ·  Report

    Once again, Twitch fails to make rules specific enough to address the issue. Instead, they just plow ahead with ways for trolls to harass marginalized communities.
  • Spannersmosca commented  ·   ·  Report

    This rule is too vague and ripe for abuse. People’s existence shouldn’t be treated as a sensitive topic.
  • Buachalla commented  ·   ·  Report

    Who is drawing the line between what needs a label?
    I am not happy that there might be people or staff that catch a moment of my stream when I talk about personal experiences I have with NHS gender care and be labelled as political when I could do the same thing about a knee surgery and it's fine.

    My existence and talking about my experiences should not be controversial. We exist and we have the right to exist peacefully and the right to care and everything else.

  • matt_wildes commented  ·   ·  Report

    my human rights are a sensitive topic? to who? to people who wont give me my human rights? ah yes, what a ******* joke of a platform
  • pyroclasticwaddledee commented  ·   ·  Report

    The fact that this both generally forbids discussion of "gender" as well as specifically LGBTQ+ issues in any systematic way, without specifying what the limits *are* for this in any clear way, seems pretty clearly designed to create a chilling effect and fear to discuss these topics for lowering engagement; the example given of "sharing the history of votes or encouraging someone to vote their way"... how does that apply to this topic? If this was about prohibiting non-profit solicitation, you would have said that... but you did not.

    As much as I do (vaguely) understand how you could get to this place via suggestions, what you're doing is essentially promoting prejudice. As a disabled person-a sociopolitical group not mentioned, interestingly, and one society is biased against less often, which makes me more irritated in this context at my being ignored, as it makes the implications as to what is going on obvious-I am pretty offended.

    Ditch this immediately. Don't promote putting people in a segregated box.

    Edit: Also, on reflection, this may be a violation of Title III of the ADA, as you would essentially be forcing a disabled person with an on-stream visible disability to label their stream, segregating them. That's no good.
  • Zozo_UwU_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence isn't a sensitive political stance or opinion
  • theolotl commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's so ridiculous. This is our LIFES. I'm not a "sensitive social issue". Twitch should really remove that clause and let us just live our lifes. It absolutely is a slippery slope. That's just how it starts. And then, "suddenly", we are being hunted even more for who we are.

  • aPleasantMoth commented  ·   ·  Report

    You cannot in good conscience ask me to pretend that theres nothing going on in regards to my own rights. I'm not a sitcom actor thats not what this website is
  • larzipan commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is such an ignorant, corporate and unenforcible guideline. How can anyone be neutral on human rights or expected to be quiet about the day to day problems or issues affecting them?
  • n0nder commented  ·   ·  Report

    sometimes we like to discuss these topics and would rather not attract attention from people who would bully or harass a small community of people who are just trying to make sense of the world.
  • Poi_Moi commented  ·   ·  Report

    Big corpos when you introduce the idea of basic human rights: "Wtf is this??? Ew????". Glad the LGBTQ+ community is now a "sensitive social issue".
  • Srarticuno commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch isn't just a site for video games, y'know. People host podcasts there, too. I get the need to curb the influx of toxic debates before the US election, but preventing people from talking about their identities is just plain censorship. Massive oversight by Twitch.
  • Cyber__Sleep commented  ·   ·  Report

    Honestly the last 2 points should be taken off. As a disabled LGBTQ+ I know our community has fought hard for our voices to be heard, and fought for other voices to be heard as well. For us to keep going backwards and be silenced is ridiculous. Stop using us to cover your ***** for the hate thread of a completely different psychotic stalker community that is outside of Twitch. That has also brigaded hate and SA threats to Arab women. They have brigaded many political streamers on and off Twitch. How dare you try to suppress the voices of POC's, disabled, non-Christian religions, and women's rights. Women have fought hard for our Civil Rights. And we should be allowed to speak about the threats to our rights no matter what. STOP OVERCORRECTING AND MAKING MINORITIES YOUR GET OUT OF JAIL CARD! You will NEVER be able to suppress us again, we will ALWAYS fight back. This isn't the ******* 30's,40's and 50s. Fix your **** the right way Twitch. And leave us alone and out of your ********.
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