Twitch’s new sexual content guidelines are head-scratchingly bad

Feb09

by Sindy Cator on February 9, 2018 at 12:42 am

Twitch today unveiled new, allegedly clearer guidelines on harassment and sexual content. While the new rules have a positive sheen, they don’t seem like they’re going to help — they’re almost as confusing as before. Twitch says it’s introducing stricter guidelines on so-called “sexual content,” which is forbidden on the site due to the large age range of viewers. This seems fair — I’ve seen my share of viewers whom I personally know to be younger than 18 sneak into streams with “18+” in the title, and the streamer and moderators either could or would do nothing to guard against…