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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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  • burnout9492 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Amazon has enough money from their other ventures that they don’t need to bow to the whims and fears of financial institutions over this type of policy.
  • Selnica commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am trans and queer. This is not a choice. This is an unavoidable facet of my everyday life. The constant assaults to my rights and to my safety are also just everyday life for me, even when they are not actively manifested on a given day.

    Forcing streams that represent me and give me a community and safe space to have a label on them only endangers their existence. No matter how harmless you may believe this label to be, it most certainly is NOT or you would have no reason to implement these rules.

    It does not matter that these rules also affect those who would see us harmed. They disproportionately favors our aggressors by the simple fact that for them, their hate is a choice, soemthign they can choose to not engage in, whereas we cannot simply stop existing as ourselves.

    These rules give our aggressors tools to harrass and endanger our safe spaces and communities that are already under constant assault by trolls and biggots. Even if bans do not occur, forcing the label still endangers those channels by endangering the livelihood of those streamers providing us with these communtiies where we gather. Hateful individuals WILL mass report us, and the past has PROVEN that your own autmated systems and policies will kick in and cause issues for the attacked streamers.

    You claim "There is no place on Twitch for racism, hatred, or harassment of any kind..." but these rules show you to either be outright liars and hypocrites, or show a staggering lack of self-awareness and understanding of how the platform works and what effects these rules have.

    Be Better, Twitch.
  • Algonzato commented  ·   ·  Report

    Remove the "sensitive social issues" bullet point, Twitch. It has no right being there. That final bullet from Article VII has got to be removed.

  • imaginef0rever commented  ·   ·  Report

    Someone's existence is not a 'sensitive issue'! Talking about the discrimination that so many people face is not a 'sensitive social issue', it is a fact. Talking about health care is not a 'sensitive issue'. Twitch has helped countless people find spaces where they can be accepted for themselves, regardless of gender or ethnicity. Communities thrive on communication, sharing, and diversity. Labelling a large part of your user base as needing a warning label is beyond dangerous. It opens these already marginalised groups up to even more abuse, discrimination, and hate. You're such a large platform, Twitch. Use this influence for good and not to fall into the fear mongering right wing discourse.

  • cryptidchan commented  ·   ·  Report

    Saying the existence of LGBT people is political is saying that our right to exist is contentious and debatable.
    Thanks for showing the world where you stand on human rights.
  • ColdLikeCoffee commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch, this literally further marginalizes the marginalized. What a disgusting thing to have codified within the platform
  • krogan_popy1 commented  ·   ·  Report

    This targets people based off inherent factors of their personhood. This policy otherizes them and makes speaking about them a taboo subject.

  • DarkNekoStudio commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a trans artist and content creator...these rules are B.S...our identities aren't "delicate political subjects" it's our lives and shouldn't be controlled by public opinion nor the peoples who decided those rules ....it better disappear or no more twitch for me.......I warn you Twitch,you're going to lose an entire community....
  • MC_P_123 commented  ·   ·  Report

    The entire classification guidelines are dubiously grey and blurry, is stating the existance of non binary people considered advocating? is telling people the factual truths about how to get HRT considered advocating? where is the line, and who is the judge?
  • mossy_girly commented  ·   ·  Report

    Literally this is so ridiculous. So if I were to just say trans rights or even mention being trans or gay or anything I get censored??? What is twitch thinking???? (They're thinking they can get away with censoring gay people is what they're thinking)
  • amdisvt commented  ·   ·  Report

    Existing shouldn't come with a label. I identify as nonbinary because it's how I see myself.
  • Taser9001 commented  ·   ·  Report

    The change is a harmful decision that will isolate and single out those who are LGBTQIA+, those who discuss mental health, those who discuss human rights, those who use their platform to raise awareness for important topics including during charity streams for said causes... This is an awful policy that needs removing immediately.
  • madelinemccoolname commented  ·   ·  Report

    i would choose to tune into a stream on youtube if this stayed in effect

  • Hackstr_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    The only people who find these topics sensitive are bigots
  • verygoodbread_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    Seconding everyone else who said that LGBTQ+ topics are not and should never be considered "sensitive social issues", the existence of me, my loved ones and my friends is not "political". Such a horribly backwards decision in the year 2024, whoever decided that was a good and acceptable idea should be ashamed of themself.
  • L1N3R1D3R commented  ·   ·  Report

    Just because one side thinks people existing is controversial doesn't mean it is.
  • T3tra_byte commented  ·   ·  Report

    This policy literally requires anyone who is queer to flag all of their streams, simply for existing publicly. At the very least, this policy will penalize an already marginalized community and just make it easier for bigots to target them.
    This policy negatively impacts queer people and helps no one. Please have some good sense and remove it.
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