Twitch gets weird about nudity again

Are you naked under the censorship bar? Well, Twitch probably won’t let you stream. A Policy updates Wednesday’s release clarifies that Twitch will not allow suggested nudity to add to the platform’s growing content list of commandments Learn how to cover your body while streaming.

“We do not allow streamers to be fully or partially nude, including exposure of genitals or buttocks,” Twitch said in its updated community guidelines. “We also do not allow streamers to suggest or imply that they are fully or partially nudity, including but not limited to covering breasts or genitals with objects or censorship bars.”

The latest update to our favorite puritanical streaming platform comes a month after Twitch allowThen Quick reversal, an artistic depiction of nudity on the platform (which didn’t go well). Twitch has long had extremely detailed streaming requirements for body coverage to ensure the platform is safe for children and doesn’t end up competing with OnlyFans. Twitch also has detailed underboob policy, and even recorded how much of her butt she had to cover during the live broadcast.The platform even launched a “Pools, Hot Tubs & Beaches” category for creators to stream in bathing suitas long as it “fits the context.”

Remember that middle school teacher who would scold kids for wearing shorts that didn’t reach their fingertips? Twitch has essentially become a careful steward of the streaming platform. A large portion of Twitch’s users are minors, including 21% of users Claims to be between 13 and 17 years old. This particular update appears to be aimed at creators who have been pushing for nudity rules on the platform.

Twitch says the goal of this new policy update “is to make Twitch a safe and welcoming place for all communities.” Another added benefit could be avoiding being classified as a porn site, which many U.S. states have committed to in recent years. Classified as a porn site. On Monday, Montana and North Carolina became the seventh and eighth states to pass laws requiring age verification for pornographic websites. Pornhub replied deprive access Simply because they don’t want to collect users’ IDs to verify their age.