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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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  • jaw231 commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not political. Why do I have to be censored if I want to talk about myself?
  • bistreblack commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am not a political talking point, I'm a human being. Don't put my existence under a 'sensitive content' button.
  • DystoPeak commented  ·   ·  Report

    Classic case of a big company wanting to please conservatives even if it make them loose money and users

    fascism is a common result of capitalism.

    I hope this "sensitive social issues" clause will get canceled, this kind of things can be the turning point into a dangerous path for all queer people.

    And even the fact that discussing "politics" could affect our visibility could lead to twitch banning topics like Palestine, elections and much more...
  • 9nineneun commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hot tub streams are far more "deviant" or "degenerate" than LGBTQ+ individuals talking about their lives.
  • reese7906 commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is a straight up violation of people's rights

  • Mater_Maria commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm so glad that twitch equate queer people JUST EXISTING as something controversial and on the same level as genocide. Twitch i get that there is people who think LGBTQ topics immediate mean political topics but they're simply not. me wanting to talk about my life experience is just as political as a cishet person doing so. if u wanna make us use the **** tag then make anybody talking about being a person in current day use it.
  • shirecorn commented  ·   ·  Report

    "Sensitive social issues" is just people being people. We shouldn't have to filter ourselves just becuase we talk about war, life, society. Guess you'll have to flag half the games as well!
    Allowing bigots to create a nice little echo chamber where they never have to think about their racism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc etc is catering to the wrong people. Twitch should have a set of values that they uphold, rather than upholding the values of whoever is complaining the most.
  • plopperspop commented  ·   ·  Report

    Vote #21307. Me existing shouldn't be explicit. I'm human just like everyone else. Talking about the issues we face shouldn't be anything other than normal.
  • BunCoven commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is an absurd thing to add to TOS and will only be used to abuse the reporting system to harm LGBT creators, there's no other way this could go, you seriously need to remove that bullet point. Being LGBT is not a "sensitive topic" it's a basic human right, and by claiming it to be political and a "sensitive topic" you are actively enabling bigots and those who seek to cause harm to LGBT creators. All this will do is cause LGBT creators to be forced to not talk about themselves and hide their identity out of fear of being banned.
  • freshbakedfreakart commented  ·   ·  Report

    Ffs, not everything in life is naturally based on politics. Topics such as human rights, LGBTQ+, reproductive issues and such have NOTHING to do with politics. They are every day subjects that should be openly talked about as they are literally about lives. To call any of this controversial and political shows you have little to no understanding in humanity.

  • MagnusFaraday commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is absolutely disgraceful. I'm an autistic, adhd, gay man. my existence nor is anyone else's here is controversial. TH is wrong with you people?
  • TheAmazingRayce commented  ·   ·  Report

    I will not accept this kind of speech censorship. Brands want views or they don't. I don't care about their awful opinions

  • KingfisherGames commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a queer man who is only now, in his late 20s finally being able to accept that portion of himself, this shouldn't make me political.

  • FarTooManyFrogs commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a controversial topic. To equate my existence to active genocide is dehumanizing on incomprehensible levels. End of story.
  • noeticiconoclast commented  ·   ·  Report

    vote #21200: we are here. we are queer. we survived. we Will persist
  • neoncello commented  ·   ·  Report

    The belief that the tacit acceptance of genocide and hate are untenable in the pursuit of the best of humanity is not a sensitive topic.
  • Hubris_Incalculable commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch, inclusion of this bullet point is BS. remove it before you alienate most of your userbase.
  • sky_river_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    ****, Twitch really wants to lose their 2019-2021 top earner, seeing as Critical Role's current campaign has a queer relationship, and so if that's mentioned, this rule says they'd have to be banned.
  • coolkaja commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's a shame that this feedback has to be given at all. This should have been caught internally long before this policy ever saw the light of day!
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