Twitch updates its policy on sexual content, including ``Blackface that hints at nudity is no good'' and ``cleavage is OK as long as clothing is clearly worn''

On January 4, 2024, Twitch announced an update to its content policy . The new policy prohibits ``acts that hint at nudity by painting black or placing objects of any kind,'' and requires ``clear clothing to be worn'' as a condition for allowing cleavage exposure. It has become. Twitch also updated its policy on December 14 and 15, 2023, making it the third time in less than a month.

An Update to Our Attire Policy
https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/An-Update-to-Our-Attire-Policy

On December 14, 2023, Twitch updated its content policy with the goal of clarifying the difference between allowed and disallowed content. With this update, distribution of ``content that intentionally emphasizes the breasts, buttocks, and pelvis area while wearing clothes'' and ``illustrations of completely exposed female breasts, genitals (regardless of gender), buttocks, etc.'' is now prohibited. Permitted.

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Although the update on the 14th allowed distribution of ``illustrations of fully exposed female breasts, genitals (regardless of gender), buttocks, etc.'', the content policy was updated again the next day, and even if the illustrations Nude depictions were prohibited.

Twitch once again updates its policy on sexual content to ``prohibit nudity in both 2D and 3D'' - GIGAZINE

According to Twitch, even after updating its content policy, ``people who hide part of their body with a censor bar (blacked out) or some other item to imply that they are naked,'' and ``people who appear naked by removing a part of their body from the camera frame.'' It has been confirmed that there are many cases of sexual distribution using methods such as 'making it look like it is'. For this reason, the following sentence has been added to the content policy: ``Streamers are not allowed to imply nudity by covering their genitals and breasts with objects or censor bars.''

In addition, Twitch's Japanese version content policy had the following clause, and there was no particular restriction on exposing cleavage, but in order to newly expose cleavage, A condition has been imposed that it is clear that the broadcaster is wearing clothes.

If you appear as a woman, please cover your nipples. Exposure of the underbust is prohibited. There are no restrictions on cleavage as long as it meets these concealment requirements.

You can check Twitch's content policy at the link below. However, although the English version of the content policy has already been updated, the above changes have not been applied to the Japanese version of the content policy at the time of article creation.

Community guidelines
https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/Community-Guidelines?language=ja

Community Guidelines
https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/Community-Guidelines?language=en_US