Twitch adds mandatory content labels and clarifies 'we consider kissing or licking a microphone to fall within Sexual Themes'

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Twitch adds mandatory content labels and clarifies 'we consider kissing or licking a microphone to fall within Sexual Themes'
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Twitch has launched new labels for stuff like sexual themes and gambling that all streamers have to use.

Significant Profanity or VulgarityTwitch goes on to warn that should streamers fail to accurately label their content, the label will be applied by Twitch and they'll receive a warning. Should streamers persist after multiple warnings, their account can be locked for"days or weeks" depending on the circumstances.

Other weirdly specific lines in the sand are drawn, almost all of which you just know are going to be stepped-on and smudged as streamers test the guidelines about. With the"drugs, intoxication, or excessive tobacco use" label, for example, sipping an alcoholic drink is apparently fine and doesn't need to be labelled but appearing"visibly intoxicated" or doing a stream focused on drinking would be.

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