Twitch hopes its rewritten community policies are easier to understand
has rewritten its Community Guidelines to provide what it believes is a clearer structure with simpler wording, more context and practical examples. This includes new top-level categories and more logical category groupings, such as a"Youth Safety" section that covers everything related to users under 18. Some violations now have dedicated categories, such as"Sexual Harassment" and"The livestreaming service emphasizes that the guidelines themselves haven't changed.
The rewrite is an acknowledgment that Twitch's lack of clarity has sometimes led to very real problems for creators. The servicelast year in part because its previous approach led to ambiguity for both users and advertisers concerned broadcasters were flouting the rules. Twitch also revised the language for its sexual content policy, and in June streamlined its