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.
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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Kaggle_Rock
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Someone’s life or who they choose to love or how they choose to refer to themselves as is not a “political issue”. We need to be better than this.
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tired_chrome
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its not our fault they have a problem with our existence, let us talk about our lives freely
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aardappelsoepp
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I strongly encourage Twitch to reconsider this policy to ensure that the platform remains a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment for all LGBTQ+ community members. My existence is not a political topic.
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jugofraga
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Its unnecessary to censor people talking about their lives
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not__chad
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Why is this even a thing honestly
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ThermiteTheFur
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Creep behaviour from Twitch.
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TiltedFloste
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This complete label should be removed.
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GrilledCheese_Aspiration
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peoples live are not controversial and do not need to be flagged as such when discussing their lives. get a grip.
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Alliana_Cordova
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The mere concept that my existence, as a trans person, is a "sensitive social issue" needs to go away. This clause is that notion in a nutshell and thus needs to go away. I'm a human being at the end of the day that just wants to exist and be happy as I am, and I can safely say the vast majority like me feel the same way. This is another nail in a coffin that I feel Twitch keeps building for itself, engaging in such short-sighted policy decisions on a routine basis.
After all, innate characteristics of human beings should not be a "sensitive social issue" and never should be. Get out of here with that.
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kikurikii
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Kinda ****** to try to censor people who just exist. Maybe don't do that.
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edt49er
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i think my main issue is that it curtails to an extremist viewpoint in the sense that ones existence is seen as controversial by some communities, especially those that use their religion to try and claim a "moral" high ground. we need to make sure that we dont keep politicizing people for just existing in this world as they are
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Andough
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I fully support this this petition.
My existence as an LGBTQ+ person is *not* a "sensitive social issue", I'm a human being. Women, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ folks should not have to deal with being put in boxes, classifications, and dehumanized in this way. These are not "sensitive social issues", these are big problems that deserve discussions. If these are classified as such, then why do I see so many political streamers saying far more dangerous rhetoric, discussing similar topics, without any form of classification to minimize their voices or categorize them? It is gross.
Innate qualities of human beings are not political, and classifying them in such regards under the blanket of "sensitive social issues" perpetuates the idea that they are controversial.
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hasannotalone
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Hasan is not alone
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XYZ
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Remove this bullet point from Article VII, Twitch. Very disappointed.
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hasannotalone
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Twitch introduced this nonsense literally because organizations like ADL pressured them to silence Hasanabi. F this ********. Stop censoring him for talking out against the genocide.
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1eeleektross
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My existence is not political **** this censorship bs
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BodyHorrorWitch
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It is absolutely not acceptable to flag the existence and experience of LGBT people as political and subject to scrutiny or labeling.
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edt49er
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innate qualities of people should not be considered political or controversial. This goes for LGBTQIA+ and any identity there within, but stretching further nationality, religion and so one can also technically fall under this restrictive rule depending on how the geopolitical climate is. we need more inclusion not less
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Creatrix_EXD66
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Me simply existing is not a political issue? Idk where twitch gets these things. I hope they remove that bullet point
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hasannotalone
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Twitch introduced this nonsense literally because organizations like ADL pressured them to silence Hasanabi. F this ********. Stop censoring him for talking out against the genocide.