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.
ADameNamedAmy
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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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MxrasakiRen
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This policy will do no good and all harm. C'mon now, how is basic human rights considered a sensitive social issue?
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gwennie_pooh
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My life is not pollical. I am a human regardless if I'm trans or not. You making a rule stating that lgbtq community is pollical is just demining our existence as People.
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beefnewdler
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Shame on you (twitch) for even putting this in at all!
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LawnmowerGirl
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These policies endangers those just trying to live their lives as transgender or other facets of the lgbt community
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PolymorfPal
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My existence is not a sensitive social subject
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kingmasterkaijue
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This should not cause issues
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glennikit
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People's existence are not "sensitive social issues" - come on Twitch, do better!
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Fryguy64
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This is a social platform where people from all walks of life should be able to contribute to the conversation. To mark the existence of some walks of life "sensitive" means Twitch has sided with those who walk into communities they disagree with and would have them sidelined or silenced. Shame on you.
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td_advocate
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How is this rule in itself not considered hate speech? They are literally labelling a group of peoples as a problem. This would never fly if it was the topic of a race of people. Can you imagine if they had labelled the BLM movement or the violence against people of Asian descent duringcovid as part of this group? There would have been riots and violence. This is discrimination, plain and simple. Everyone needs to leave this platform for one that actually treats us like humans and not some dirt to shovel away from sight.
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proofofcat
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The simple fact of someone's existence is a "sensitive social issue", yet it's AOK to recommend the live stream of a would-be dictator, whose speech is constantly peppered with hate towards women and minorities?
Dude you are so two-faced it's unbelievable.
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BlakeIsSoTired
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honestly, this is a really terrible idea on the part of Twitch. trans folk are just trying to live their lives. their existence on this website should not be up for debate.
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Hantomeii
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My right to exist is not a 'sensitive social issue' and I shouldn't have my entire livelihood as a content creator able to be shoved under a rug with a tick of a "Hide Content With Content Classification Labels" button.
If you do not remove this, then you should add another section where cis/hetero streamers have to label their content as "sensitive social issues" so that it can be mass hidden from view as well.
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crashitcolors
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This is not something that is needed. Instead of adding useless features, literally protect queer individuals by removing people from your platform who have shown themselves to be bad actors.
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its_mibs
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Either this policy gets canned or I cease using this platform entirely. We've seen this nonsense too many times to be optimistic, I am not sticking around to watch Twitch get X'd
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storushift
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All but 1 of the streamers I support on twitch are LGBTQ+ so if they get suppressed then Twitch loses nearly all the money they get from me.
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J_Money_Club
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People are people. Let's stop trying to marginalize folks for just living their lives. The strongest power in viewers is to close the tab to a stream, adding a 'red letter' to those who simply just want to stream and enjoy their time on this platform is abhorrable. Especially since there is no such flag on fascist Trump streams.
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jax5471
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The existence of queer people is not a debate, we exist and we’re not going anywhere.
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Wolf_Luciana
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My existence or my viewers existence is not debatable nor sensitive topic to discuss!!!
WE ARE PEOPLE, WE EXIST AND WE DESERVE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS OUR LIVES
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BeedleBeeb
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Why am I a person, marked as "sensitive social issue" what part of my existence is an issue, much less a social issue. Because I can MAKE it an issue if needed. Not baseline
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Hikas_Corner
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I love when my existance as a human being who wants to be happy is apperantly a controversial topic that needs to be debated over
Mhm, yes! Please do talk about how me being alive is actually not okay and how my existance should be eradicated. That sounds like a logical and valid argument