Twitch launches new tool to safeguard chat from harassment – Eurogamer

Suspicious User Detection will flag channel ban evaders. Twitch has launched a Suspicious User Detection tool to help safeguard streamers and their chat from abuse.The tool comes in the wake of hate raids and harassment on the platform, particularly for streamers from marginalised communities.It aims to catch users evading channel-level bans, powered by machine learning, by highlighting potentially suspicious activity in chat.”When you ban someone from your channel, they should be banned from your community for good. Unfortunately, bad actors often choose to create new accounts, jump back into Chat, and continue their abusive behaviour. Suspicious User Detection, powered by machine learning, is here to help you identify those users based on a number of account signals,” explains a blog post by Twitch. Suspicious User Detection, powered by machine learning, is here to help you identify and restrict suspected channel ban evaders from chatting before they can disrupt your stream. Learn more here: https://t.co/01cCwnQZfw pic.twitter.com/QWVSnRPg1X— Twitch (@Twitch) November 30, 2021 There are two levels of flags for suspicious activity. For “likely” ban evaders, any message in chat will be visible only to streamers and their moderators. For “possible” ban evaders, the message will be shown but flagged to streamers and moderators.…
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