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Twitch is getting a scandalous new set of rules. The live-streaming platform is updating its guidelines related to “sexual content and content classification labels,” meaning more sexual content will now be allowed — but only if it is labeled properly.
Under Twitch’s new guidelines, “artistic depictions of nudity” are now permitted with a “sexual themes” label; the platform defines such depictions as “content with a focus on fictionalized (drawn, animated, or sculpted) sexual body parts regardless of gender (such as doing nude figure drawing).”
While the guidelines mean that Twitch will have more sexual content, the platform is drawing a firm line at “fictionalized sexual acts or masturbation,” which are both still prohibited.
Other forms of content permitted with the use of a label include “content that ���deliberately highlighted breasts, buttocks or pelvic region,’” “erotic dances that involve disrobing or disrobing gestures, such as strip teases,” and “body writing on female-presenting breasts and/or buttocks regardless of gender.” The post highlights that the latter was technically permitted under the platform’s attire policy, which now makes the two policies more “consistent.”
“Popular dances, such as twerking, grinding, and pole dancing” are allowed on the site “without a label.”
While nudity, sex, and sexual violence in gaming remain “entirely prohibited” as a “core focus or feature” of a game, the “Mature-rated Games Content Classification Label” is authorized for “incidental nudity,” per Twitch’s new rules.
Twitch launched the “Content Classification Labels” in June to acknowledge that not all content on the site is suitable for every prospective user. Content labeled with the following will no longer be visible on the platform’s homepage suggestions: “Drugs, Intoxication, or Excessive Tobacco Use; Violent and Graphic Depictions; Gambling; and/or Sexual Themes.”
Twitch shared in their guidelines blog post that they made the changes after hearing “consistent feedback” suggesting that their former policies were “confusing.” They shared, “We want streamers to feel confident they understand our rules and viewers to feel confident they will get the experience they expect.”
Additionally, the previous “Sexually Suggestive Content policy” was deemed “out of line with industry standards and resulted in female-presenting streamers being disproportionately penalized,” the company stated. According to Dexerto, one recent case of confusion that sparked an uproar involved a viral Twitch streamer under the name of “Morgpie” who appeared to be topless during a broadcast. She was banned from the site three days later.
Other scenarios where the policies have come into question included when a former streamer was only given a warning when they accidentally showed a Pornhub page during a livestream, per The Verge.
