Twitch softens its nudity and sexual content policy

Update: The day following the publication of the softening of the rules for sexual content on the platform, Twitch reversed the change, maintaining the ban on sexual content and content involving nudity.

Aiming to regain the interest of streamers and stay on top of its dispute with Kick, Twitch has once again softened its community policies, this time involving nudity and sexual content.

This type of content has always been a problem for Twitch, generating numerous bans from the platform over several years. But now, the scenario must change.

Why did Twitch update its nudity policy?

This Wednesday (13), Twitch announced the relaxation of its guidelines regarding sexual content after an OnlyFans model broadcasted on the Amazon platform topless.

The transmission quickly went viral and occurred normally, as the model only showed the upper part of her breasts, up to shoulder height. In other words, she had found a loophole in Twitch’s guidelines. Despite this, his channel was later banned.

From then on, Twitch decided to be clearer in its guidelines related to sexual content and nudity, softening the prohibitions and now allowing demonstrations of “artistic nudity”, as long as it is appropriately labeled and alerted to viewers.

The changes

In a statement, Twitch revealed that it will now allow:

Content that deliberately highlights breasts, buttocks or pelvic area, even if fully clothed
Fully exposed fictional women showing breasts and/or genitals or buttocks regardless of gender.
Body writing on breasts and/or buttocks with feminine presentation, regardless of gender.
Erotic dances that involve either undressing or gestures as if undressing, such as stripteases.
Popular dances like twerking and pole dancing are now allowed without the need to label them.

In relation to games, Twitch states that pornographic games or games that have sex, nudity or sexual violence as their main focus remain prohibited, but titles that display “incidental nudity” are allowed as soon as the streamer labels it as “Adults Only Content ”.

Demonstrations of sexual and erotic activities in online games are also prohibited from being shown on the platform.