Twitch streamer stunned after innocent dog emote gets blocked Twitch \/ Twitter: DekuA Twitch streamer named Deku was stunned after an innocent dog emote was flagged as sexual content and blocked from the platform. Twitch emotes are a big part of the platform\u2019s culture. However, they\u2019ve also been embroiled in controversy, including some that Twitch has flagged as \u201csexual content\u201d pursuant to their community guidelines. They don\u2019t always get it right, though \u2014 at least, not according to the Twitch streamers who use them. For example, Meowriianne called out Twitch for flagging a cartoon mushroom in a hot tub as \u201csexual content.\u201d Similarly, NymN was shocked that Twitch banned an emote on his channel that showed a cartoon character\u2019s eyes popping out of its head, which is an age-old trope in cartoons that dates back almost a century. On May 3, Deku reported that it had happened again. Deku has an emote that she believes quite clearly depicts a cartoon dog dancing. However, Twitch flagged it as sexual content and banned it from her channel. \u201cThere is no way this is sexual content,\u201d she said in response to the ruling. Read More: Top 10 most viewed Twitch streamers – \u201cA dog dancing is sexual content. WTF? Twitch really said, \u2018Yeah, we will allow half-naked women on Twitch licking ear microphones, but a dancing dog wagging his tail is way too far!’\u201d There is no way this is sexual content @Twitch ??? A dog dancing \u2026 is sexual content wtf pic.twitter.com\/nI8jwOm35p \u2014 Deku (@DpsDeku) May 3, 2022 Twitch explained the reasoning behind their decision, describing it as: \u201cImagery of sexual content or nudity i.e., \u201cGasm\u201d-style emotes which contained sexualized torsos or bodily fluids, animated images of buttocks.\u201d Deku said if Twitch rejected her appeal to unban the emote, she\u2019d find a way around it one way or another. \u201cYou did this to yourselves, Twitch. I\u2019m going to have this emote on my page whether you want it or not!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch streamer stunned after innocent dog emote gets blocked Twitch \/ Twitter: DekuA Twitch streamer named Deku was stunned after an innocent dog emote was flagged as sexual content and blocked from the platform. Twitch emotes are a big part of the platform\u2019s culture. However, they\u2019ve also been embroiled in controversy, including some that Twitch […]<\/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-62761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62761","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=62761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}