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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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  • countdownSRL commented  ·   ·  Report

    dan clancy is a feckless coward and this will end his platform overnight

    israel is committing a genocide
  • comradebyldiga commented  ·   ·  Report

    Am I "Sensitive political issue" just because I exist? Twitch, what in the actual f**k?
  • Str4wBri commented  ·   ·  Report

    Forcing women, queer & trans folks, immigrants, and god forbid their 'sympathizers' to wear an identifier in a public space such as Twitch just for existing or *daring* to voice their support for marginalized communities (something twitch HAS DONE THEMSELVES in the past) is dangerously close to nazi ideologies. When has Twitch *not* been controversial? When has it *not* been a space that members of marginalized communities have used to build safe spaces online? Why are you retroactively segregating your community, AND slapping a target on their backs for bigots online to latch on to? Harassment is already a massive issue on Twitch and online spaces in general. Instead of doing anything to fix the problem, you're just making it easier for them while actively punishing people who *are* targeted? How does this make any sense? Do better, twitch.

  • BrokenPIXLE commented  ·   ·  Report

    Labelling an entire group of people as "sensitive political issues" is disgusting behaviour from Twitch. It's discrimination and makes it out like LGBTQIA+ don't deserve to exist on the platform. This absolutely needs reversed if Twitch wants to promote itself as an open platform for everyone.
  • RealAshcat commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am a person, amazon, not a "sensitive political issue"
  • kazimiku commented  ·   ·  Report

    Crazy how this decision went through a **** ton of teams at twitch and none of them thought about how bad this would be, especially for LGBTQIA+ creators on their platform.
  • TheFantasticPaul commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch, that's gross. You seriously can't have thought it was okay to label people as "sensitive political issues". Y'all need to reexamine yourselves.
  • HardyOrange commented  ·   ·  Report

    Even if it was written with the best of intentions, this clause would absolutely be abused by bigots to harass queer creators off the platform. As soon as someone mentioned their gender or orientation in passing, someone would report the stream as not being flagged correctly, and twitch, being flooded with these reports, would let some bot handle it by imposing the label on the streamer, hiding them from the wider twitch audience. Given that twitch has already struggled with banning gender nonconforming streamers because they weren't following the rules for the gender twitch assigned them based on their appearance, even considering adding this clause seems incredibly short sighted. If regular news and tv channels don't do this, why would twitch give themselves more work by implementing this?
  • DinomiteTwins commented  ·   ·  Report

    As bi/pan women, it is worrying the way this is worded. It puts queer people in the position that explaining their issues and their very existence is political and therefore can subject them to less viewers and potentially less and revenue and opportunities as well.
    No straight person ever needs to as they are considered the norm. Adding this bullet point goes exactly counter to your own initiatives to uplift and support minority streamers. Please reconsider including people's very existence in this wording.

  • thechosenspacepope commented  ·   ·  Report

    Like a not straight or not cis person should be allowed to talk about their day without having to put a flag on their stream warning people they're talking about themselves on their own stream
  • Heri_of_Asgard commented  ·   ·  Report

    Majority of my community are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. How the **** can I curate a safe environment for them if I can't talk about us? The issues our community faces is not political. It's human ******* rights
  • kloverkit commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being LGBTQ+ is not political, we are simply existing. This is not a good look for Twitch, nor will it ever be.

  • yabbyura commented  ·   ·  Report

    We shouldn't have to be squared away in a corner simply because of who we are. Someone's entire identity isn't "political", and thinking so will only lead to a slippery slope with dangerous consequences.
  • markwatnae commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ people and immigrants are not political and their lives are not sensitive topics. Hope this helps.

  • pseudonymjones commented  ·   ·  Report

    I’m a human being, my existence is not inherently a “sensitive social issue.”
  • PhayNahmiNaan commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why can’t companies and people just understand that we are PEOPLE
    We’re not political talking points or prepping for war
    The most dangerous this I do is prep toast in the morning
    We are people!
  • PrysmMagus commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch, Please stop trying to discriminate against FEDERALLY PROTECTED PEOPLE. This is a rights issue and you want to because Silencers on those topics. Knock it off already.
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