On Wednesday, Twitch rolled out a new Hateful Conduct & Harassment Policy to take effect on Jan. 22. Acknowledging that members of the LGBTQ+ community and users who are Black, Indigenous, and ...

Twitch has revised its guidelines to take a stronger stance against harassment, hate, and sexually suggestive content. In a blog post, Amazon’s livestreaming video site detailed how these ...

Twitch CEO on War for Streaming Talent, Transparent Moderation Plans. Twitch CEO Emmett Shear talks about his plans to grow the platform's user base, noting to THR, "Surprisingly, not everybody ...

Twitch’s community has historically presented unusual challenges to Twitch’s content moderation policies. For example, Twitch is one of the few social media platforms that explicitly govern ...

During a stream on January 22, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy broke down why the moderation team sometimes bans content creators "falsely" and how in particular cases, "subjectivity" plays an important ...

Twitch didn’t say if increased the size of its moderation team to coincide with these updates, but it offers community members a variety of content moderation tools, including the ability to ...

In early April, Twitch joined several other companies in announcing the layoff of hundreds of employees. Twitch reportedly laid off 400 employees to reduce the platform’s workforce in the midst ...

May 24, 2022 New Jersey to investigate Twitch and Discord content policies in wake of Buffalo shooting The platforms were popularized for gaming and streaming, but have persistently dealt with ...

On July 23, Twitch unveiled new measures to address sexual harassment on its platform by introducing a "sexual harassment" category to AutoMod, their content moderation system.

Twitch has struggled to enforce its moderation and safety policies in a transparent, egalitarian way for years. After its launch in 2011, the streaming service grew more quickly than anticipated ...

Twitch started enforcing its off-service conduct policy in April 2021. At the time, it said it would respond to serious incidents that "pose a substantial safety risk to the Twitch community" even ...

On July 23, Twitch unveiled new measures to address sexual harassment on its platform by introducing a "sexual harassment" category to AutoMod, their content moderation system.