This new tool will let more streamers and viewers enjoy Twitch without being harassed.
When a streaming platform grows to the size Twitch has, it’s bound to attract some bad behavior. While the company has always had relevant policies in place to stop bad actors, recent updates have introduced some improvements.
On Tuesday, Twitch posted an article on its website announcing changes to how it understands and deals with sexual harassment. The update clarifies the platform’s policy on what it deems as harassment and introduces a new tool for streamers to catch these types of messages before anyone sees them.
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The company has amended the sexual harassment policy. Unwanted comments, expressed in text or emoji form, about someone’s appearance and more, including “sexual requests or advances, sexual objectification, and negative statements or attacks related to a person’s perceived sexual behaviors or activities,” are prohibited, according to the blog post.
Twitch’s Community Guidelines narrow in on what, exactly, these changes mean. Some examples of unwanted behavior include sending nude pictures or videos, asking a user to expose their non-sexual body parts after getting a warning, commenting on someone’s perceived sexual abilities, and using someone’s physical appearance to allege sexual immorality.
Streamers now have access to an automatic moderating tool to catch sexual harassment comments before viewers see them. The AutoMod feature isn’t new, but the Sexual Harassment option is. There are various options for deciding how strong the filter should be. The mod who reviews the blocked information can release the message for everyone to see or keep it hidden.
Twitch still has a manual reporting tool if you’re the victim of harassment. This additional option only aims to flag these comments faster, which is important, especially during big streaming events with lots of commenters.
The new AutoMod category launched on Tuesday and is available only in English for now.
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