Twitch bans words like \u2018simp\u2019 and \u2018virgin\u2019 in surprise policy update Freepix \/ TwitchTwitch is now banning users who write words like \u201csimp,\u201d \u201cvirgin,\u201d and \u201cincel\u201d in chat, following new updates to the Amazon-owned platform\u2019s terms of service, and warned they won\u2019t hesitate to \u201ctake action\u201d against repeat offenders. The new policy, first shared on Twitter by Rod \u201cSlasher\u201d Breslau, is set to go into effect across the website on January 22. Once it has been officially enacted, any Twitch user who uses the terms \u201cnegatively\u201d will face consequences, and possible permanent bans. \u201cUsing terms like simp, incel, or virgin as an insult to negatively refer to another person\u2019s sexual activity is not allowed under this new policy,\u201d Sara Clemens, Twitch\u2019s COO, explained during the platform\u2019s \u201cTown Hall\u201d livestream. \u201cIn addition to the policy change, we\u2019re also proactively denying emotes that include the term \u2018simp,\u2019 and we will keep doing that [into 2021].\u201d Under Twitch’s new policy, words like “”simp”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch bans words like \u2018simp\u2019 and \u2018virgin\u2019 in surprise policy update Freepix \/ TwitchTwitch is now banning users who write words like \u201csimp,\u201d \u201cvirgin,\u201d and \u201cincel\u201d in chat, following new updates to the Amazon-owned platform\u2019s terms of service, and warned they won\u2019t hesitate to \u201ctake action\u201d against repeat offenders. The new policy, first shared on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}