Twitch to Monitor Behavior of Streamers off Platform for Hate Speech, Violence

by Dustin Steiner in General | Apr, 9th 2021 Twitch has updated its hateful conduct and harassment policy to ‘better protect every community on Twitch.’ They’ve done so to be more transparent about user behavior that isn’t acceptable by users on Twitch. Still, now they’re updating that policy to target hate groups, sexual abusers, and other types of abuse that happen off of Twitch as well.  “Our current guidelines state that in some serious cases where there is available, verifiable evidence, we may take action against users for hateful conduct or harassment that occurs off Twitch services—meaning on social media, other online services, or even offline—when directed at members of the Twitch community,” Twitch said in a blog post. “Taking action against misconduct that occurs entirely off our service is a novel approach for both Twitch and the industry at large, but it’s one we believe—and hear from you—is crucial to get right. Part of that means being clear with you about the limitations of our policy. At this time, we’re not able to investigate behaviors that occur entirely off Twitch that fall outside these categories. This is an iterative, ongoing process, and as always, our end goal is to…
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