As part of a continuum process of re-equipment their policies around harassment and hate behavior, Twitch announced Wednesday that the words “simp,” “incel,”“And” virgin “will no longer be allowed on the platform as long as they are used by streamers and commentators as insults. If used in a friendly way, the words are likely to be okay to use.
In a statement, a Twitch spokesman said The Verge that the platform plans take action against the use of these terms “specifically when used to refer negatively to another person’s sexual practices ”. The spokesman used the terms on his own so as not to actively insult other users, “would not lead to an execution, but we would take action if they were used repeatedly in a harassing manner.”
The new rules will be official come into force on January 22, and we will too they include stricter policies around sexual harassment. Other new prohibited behaviors include “Making derogatory statements about another person’s perceived sexual practices or sexual morals“I “Repeatedly negatively targeting another person with sexually focused terms, such as ‘whore’ or ‘virgin.'”
During the town hall live broadcast on Wednesday afternoon, Sara Clemens, COO of Twitch, said terms like “simp”, “incel” and “virgin” are not allowed because they are often deployed as “insults for negatively referring to another person’s sexual activity.”Clemens also noted that the platform will monitor emotes, a Twitch-specific set of emoticons, for prohibited terms, and will be deleted when notified.
In June, Twitch said yes “Committed to continuing our efforts to make Twitch a safer environment” after the platform he finally began to count with the a wave of sexual harassment and complaints of hateful content that had long afflicted him.
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While there is no news on how the moderators will enforce the new ban, they will have their work cut short; tthere are a lot of people here who call themselves simps on Twitch.