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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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  • lydiarose commented  ·   ·  Report

    What on earth even is the logic here. Why would this be remotely necessary.

  • Zenibuka commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hey, here's an idea, how about not treating us as if you were nazis and putting pink triangles on us, and just letting us be? Just a thought.

  • TriskaHyena commented  ·   ·  Report

    Designating people's existence as either "normal" or "political" is such backwards thinking I'm astonished this is being pushed in the year 2024. Deeply disappointing from Twitch. Am I just no longer welcome to exist on this platform because of my identity?

  • AutiAquaLive commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ folks like myself and many of my friends are not "sEnSiTiVe SoCiAl IsSuEs," and neither are women or immigrants. We're PEOPLE, and our existence shouldn't be marked as sensitive just because some people who hate change and/or anyone or anything that's different throw a hissy fit every time they see us outside of their norms.
  • blueartnerd commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being queer is not political and standing up for what’s right should not be punished

  • SadSleepyGirlGaming commented  ·   ·  Report

    Sorry for being a sensitive social issue I’m just trying to play games y’all
  • Claire58 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Will actually put more lives in danger.

  • OrangeJuiceArts commented  ·   ·  Report

    How would a ridiculous ruling like this affect visibly queer streamers? Are they not allowed to use a facecam anymore, because being on camera is showing "sensitive content"?

    If requiring queer creators to label all of their content as sensitive becomes Twitch policy, I will officially stop endorsing your platform and encourage all my friends to do the same. Though, considering this idea was even greenlit in the first place, I may already go through with this plan.
  • minazukifd commented  ·   ·  Report

    My experenices are not political contraversy

  • Flafty commented  ·   ·  Report

    Designating a specific group of human beings in this way is not a good look for Twitch
  • st_wagoonz commented  ·   ·  Report

    Queer people aren’t “sensitive social issues” we are human beings.
  • scarbles commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch is speedrunning its own death if it's warning viewers that oppressed people are there too.
  • clockworkcuttlefish commented  ·   ·  Report

    Women's health, the existence of LGTBQIA+ individuals, and immigration are NOT political issues! We exist. We are *in existence*. The only people who think this is "political" are the ones that want to erase is.

    This is unacceptable of any social media platform in 2024, especially one that plenty of women and queer people use regularly.

  • fodgecake commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch , in 48h this is literally the most voted idea that you have. I think the community might be upset about this change.
  • strayrtech commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not up for debate.

    Sure, let bigots have a button to report LGBT+ people for existing, maybe use that as a self-report that lets twitch know "I am a bigot and I intend to harass people off of the platform"

    Does twitch have a robust report abuse system in place? I'm a consumer of twitch not a streamer so I don't see much of that side, but I'm active on other social media where report abuse is one of the most valuable signals of user harassment.

  • mightywolfmouse commented  ·   ·  Report

    This will be abused to descriminate against minorities. Many people's lives revolve around "sensitive social issues"

    WE ARE NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE! WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS!
  • sharkbait_33 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Labeling LGBTQIA+ folks as 'sensitive social issues' means alienating a large portion of Twitch's userbase, and therefore removing a ton of said userbase, either in the form of streamers or viewers or both. For the sake of Twitch's livelihood it would be in the company's best interest to remove the 'sensitive social issues' bullet point, and never touch on it again. And for the sake of all LGBTQIA+ streamer and viewers, because some of their livelihoods rely on income from Twitch, and if the company follows through, there will be massive harm done to the LGBTQIA+ community.
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