Amazon-owned live streaming platform Pull out has once again disciplined content creators. Just as a new meta began to dominate the site earlier this month, in which Streamers started playing games like Fourteen days on green-screened breasts and butt, Twitch has updated its terms of service to strictly prohibit this type of risky content. Starting March 29, YouTubers will no longer be able to stream content that “focuses on intimate body parts for an extended period of time.”
The company delivered the news on March 27 via its Twitch Support X/Twitter account. As of Friday, March 29, livestreams that reference “intimate body parts” will no longer be permitted. The company stated in its updated community guidelines that “intimate body parts” means “the buttocks, groin, or breasts.” Violations of these new rules may result in content removal or, if creators repeatedly ignore the restrictions, temporary or permanent account suspensions.
This appears to be a direct response to streamer Morgpie. On March 12th, Morgpie streamed himself and watched a YouTube video that was placed on her bottom. She did something similar on March 14 by livestreaming some of them Fourteen days Gameplay on a giant picture of her butt. Other YouTubers followed suit and played with anime breasts, thighs, or even the entire body. At the time, Twitch didn’t comment, but now, almost two weeks later, the company is putting a lot of emphasis on the way creators are displayed on the platform. But that hasn’t stopped Morgpie, who streamed herself playing the 2018 arcade tower defense game on the same day the company announced the ban Bloons TD 6. However, instead of having gameplay on her “intimate body parts” shown in green, she has only her upper body shown in green, so only her head and breasts are visible, while her midsection serves as the gameplay display. Do not believe me? Take another look at the top image.
People move to Twitch because of “[moving] the goal post again.” One person asked (jokingly) if Feet were part of these new guidelines, while another asked if this was the case applies to VTuber. Someone said the company should “Consider getting rid of it” of the problematic streamers forcing Twitch to update its rules. But the consensus seems to land on the same question: What’s the point of these new rules if content creators still find ways around them? This is especially true if, as Morgpie said during her March 27 livestream, she’s “into green screen stuff.” Does this mean the new Twitch meta will include green screening things?
A Twitch representative told My city via email that the company is constantly monitoring behavioral changes and streaming metadata on the platform.
“Our goal is always to make Twitch a welcoming place,” the representative said. “We regularly review our rules to ensure they are clear and effective, as we recognize that online behavior can change over time. Today’s update should clarify what is allowed on Twitch while giving our community time to adjust and ask questions before enforcement begins.
As Twitch finds a way to deal with green-screening of creators, the platform saw an AI livestream go haywire. An AI family Guy broadcast, apparently using the same technology as behind it the existential His field-How Nothing foreverwent over endless screaming after someone realized they could interrupt the stream with certain commands. Gotta love Twitch.
