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Twitch Cracks Down on Nudity and Pornography After Live Streaming Chaos

Amazon’s live streaming platform Twitch loosened restrictions on “artistic nudity” on December 14 last year, flooding the platform with pornography. The next day, he made a sudden move to ban related content, sparking the “implied nudity” trend. situation, the officer updated the clothing policy today (4th) to protect general users from this type of content.

In December 2023, a group of Twitch livestreamers exploited loopholes in the clothing policy and cleverly used black bars to cover key parts or the off-screen scene (for example, the camera was cropped to the top of the chest), suggesting that they were streaming live naked, which was called “Meta” (Later) chaos.

Twitch’s latest announcement mentioned that while this group of live streamers who are challenging the limits of the platform have been tagged with “sexual themes”, content marked with this tag will not be displayed on the homepage, but users will still see thumbnails when browsing the directory, to avoid harming the use of Based on user experience, Twitch is banning hints of nudity starting today.

The relevant specifications are as follows:

  • The parts of the body that need to be covered must be covered with something completely opaque. Extremely thin or transparent fabrics (clothing) do not count.
  • Live content must be distributed carefully. For example, when a live broadcaster wearing a certain dress broadcasts near a swimming pool or hot tub, they must label the category #swimming pool #hot tub #beach, etc. “Repeat offenders who fail to deliver will be sanctioned appropriately.”
  • Hosts are prohibited from full or partial nudity, including exposure of genitalia or buttocks (this was changed in mid-December)
  • Guests are not allowed to suggest or show that they are fully or partially naked, including but not limited to covering breasts or genitalia with obscene objects or strips Even if covered, outline is not allowed the genitals be seen.
  • Nudity or partial nudity of minors is strictly prohibited at all times
  • Twitch said it is developing a feature to blur thumbnails for content tagged with “sexual content” and will allow users to further set up and filter the viewing experience based on their preferences for content classification tags.

    It is worth noting that Twitch specifically mentions women at the end of the article, “We ask that you cover your nipples ( nipples ) and not reveal the southern hemisphere (underbust).” Live broadcasters who meet these conditions can reveal their cleavage if they wear clothing that is clearly visible (cleavage).

    There is no official mention of any men, but all streamers are required to cover the area of ​​their body from their buttocks to the bottom of their pelvis and are not allowed to go under the sky.

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