Many streamers always try to find a loophole in Twitch's policies to take advantage of it and improve their exposure on the platform, especially when it involves nudity or sexuality. A new trend led the company to alter its policies to allow artistic nudity, but it caused so much concern that, in the end, the responsible parties reversed course.
Earlier this week, Twitch revealed its plans to approach the always-stigmatized sexual content that many users flirt with, resulting in bans.
Twitch allowed all this sexual content on its platform
To make this whole matter clearer, the company announced that it would allow sexual content that was previously prohibited, such as videos focusing on breasts, buttocks, or the pelvic region (even with clothing), writing on breasts or buttocks, erotic dances, or people undressing (without reaching nudity), as well as the presentation of sculptures, animations, or drawings of naked fictional characters (considered as artistic nudity; sexual acts or self-stimulation would still be prohibited).
This would be allowed as long as the appropriate tag was applied so that viewers knew there was sexual content. Even popular dances like twerking, grinding, and pole dancing would be allowed without the need for classification or tags.
Also, it was determined that this type of content would not appear on the homepage, but it would still be on the platform since many users feel "uncomfortable" with previews of sexual or suggestive material. Content related to drugs, intoxication, excessive tobacco use, violence, graphic material, or gambling would also not be shown on the homepage.
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Twitch reverses changes and re-bans fictional artistic nudity
However, it didn't take long for the company to backtrack, not in terms of erotic dances, suggestive videos, or suggestively undressing, but in terms of fictional nudity.
A couple of days after the changes, Twitch acknowledged that there were artists who broke the rules, while others did comply with them, but their works "worried the community" and Twitch as well, and apparently, the main culprit is artificial intelligence (AI).
"After reflection, we have decided that we went too far with this change. Graphic representations of nudity present a challenge: AI can be used to create realistic images, and it can be difficult to distinguish between digital art and photography," said Dan Clancy, the company's CEO.
Thus, Twitch has just reversed the changes to artistic nudity, so it will not be possible to see "real or fictional nudity" on the platform regardless of the medium (does not apply to adult video games).
"While I would have liked to predict these consequences, part of our job is to make adjustments that serve the community. I apologize for the confusion that this update has caused," said the executive.
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