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Twitch removes every member of its Safety Advisory Council

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Re: Twitch removes every member of its Safety Advisory Council

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For those who are not aware, the safety council was not the trust and safety team that handles bans.

Instead, this was a small group of livestreamers and community representatives that meet once a month or so, and give their personal opinion on proposed changes that Twitch brings to them.

It was glorified user research.

Re: Twitch removes every member of its Safety Advisory Council

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone could see a boob, or heaven forbid get offended.

It seems like you haven't been on twitch for a while. The IRL section seems like a funnel for only fans for the model part

Twitch seems quite content with being a front for onlyfans. They recently started blurring stream thumbnails, and have never cared about linktree/etc links despite them being used as a "hide it under the carpet" for onlyfans as well. (Direct links bad, a link to a link is okay though?)

They may as well stop pretending and fully allow adult content, because it's pretty obvious that these streamers will keep pushing the limits until they get permabanned or twitch gives in to the "women streamers did nothing wrong" crowd.

Re: Twitch removes every member of its Safety Advisory Council

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For those who are not aware, the safety council was not the trust and safety team that handles bans. Instead, this was a small group of livestreamers and community representatives that meet once a month or so, and give their personal opinion on proposed changes that Twitch brings to them. It was glorified user research.

> It was glorified user research.

It doesn't sound like it was just that:

> The Safety Advisory Council's members include Dr. Sameer Hinduja, co-director of the Cyber Bullying Research Center, and Dr. T.L. Taylor, the co-founder and director of AnyKey, an organization that advocates for inclusion and diversity in video games and esports. There's also Emma Llansó, the director of the Free Expression Project for the Center for Democracy and Technology.

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