Rules Are Often Equipped, Twitch Updates Sexual Content Policy

Twitch updated Community Guidelines (photo: dock.unsplash)

JAKARTA Twitch, a live streaming platform, is back to making new policies. This time, policies within Community Guidelines are made to eradicate content that takes advantage of certain body parts. In December last year, Twitch began loosening the rules regarding sexual content. Streamers are permissible to display their body parts, such as breasts, buttocks, or stage, during their broadcasts having the appropriate content labels. However, these rules have begun to be relaxed and make some streamers go beyond the boundaries. This led Twitch to cancel their rules and again ban shows that display certain parts of the body. Recently, streamers have a more curious way to get around Twitch Community Guidelines. Pioneered by Morgpie, a streamer who often encourages Twitch restrictions, multiple streamers use of screens on prohibited body parts. Like Morgpie for example, it shows it's butted butts that are screened earlier this month while playing the game Fortnite. Streamers take advantage of the screenplay to display gameplay. Not stopping there, Morgpie also streamed wearing a screened shirt so that only its head and chest were seen. Actions like this made Twitch not stay silent and make new policies. On Wednesday, March 28, Twitch's official account on platform X announced that they would implement a new policy on March 29. This rule was made so that Twitch could become a safe and friendly platform for a wide range of ages.

"Contents on Twitch are always evolving, and we want to make sure our regulations function properly and follow the behavior that arises. When needed, we update our regulations to capture such behavior changes," Twitch explained. The company insists that Morgpie and other internationals shouldn't display their intimate body parts for a very long time. This action will violate recent policies within Community Guidelines. "Users are prohibited from broadcasting or uploading content that contains an overview of real or fictional nudity, whatever the media is used to make it. Uncomplete sensors, such as pixelation, mosaics, opaque effects, thin clothes or see-through clothes are partly not part of the policy exemption," Twitch explained.