Twitch updates sexual content guidelines amid ‘topless’ meta backlash - Dexerto
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Twitch has updated its guidelines on sexual content following mass outrage over a new 'topless' meta that gained popularity on the site.

Twitch Updated their Sexual Content Policy:

  • Changes: Certain content now allowed with labels
  • Artistic Nudity: Permitted under Sexual Themes Label
  • Game Nudity: Contextual; labels necessary
  • Body Painting: Acceptable with appropriate label
  • Mature Games: Label generally covers content
  • Stream Visibility: Impacted by content labels
  • Twerking, grinding and pole dancing are now allowed without a label.

Via https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1735024184114245689

  • Echo DotEnglish
    3•7 months ago

    Hell if you want to use the internet as a babysitter all you have to do is install one of the many commercially available parental control blockers. Obviously it would be better to actually be engaged in a child’s life, but if that’s not an option for you then there is software that can help.

    I have absolutely no idea how effective it is of course but I’m sure there are reviews online.

    • @TheGalacticVoid@lemm.eeEnglish
      5•7 months ago

      Awful idea. I had a friend with helicopter parents that did this, and it honestly sucked for the both of us because of how much was blocked.

      • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2•7 months ago

        I absolutely agree. I’m a parent and I’ll never install a content filter. Ever.

        I prefer to operate on trust. My kids tell me what they want to look at, I agree to it, then I unlock the computer to they can access it. If they access anything else, they lose that privilege until I’m confident they’ve learned their lesson and we try again. Rinse and repeat.

        Trust is earned, and I hope by the time they’re old enough to be interested in boobs, they’ll value that trust. That worked reasonably well for me.

        With a content filter, you’re immediately telling the child you don’t trust them, so they’re going to circumvent it, or just use their friend’s computer. I’d much rather they look at porn on my computer than their friend’s, because I can find out about it if it’s on my computer, whereas I can’t if it’s at a friend’s house. And if they’re interested in porn, that probably means they’re interested in sex, which means we need to discuss it to build that trust before they go out and have unprotected sex. If they’re watching overly violent stuff or whatever, they’re probably talking about that kind of thing with friends and I may need to be careful about who I let them spend time with (or notify the other kids’ parents). And so on.

        Content filters hide the problem, I’d much rather confront it head on.

    • @GljvfEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      Twitch is rated 14 and up so parental controls won’t really block it on its own. Unless you have the child listed under 14