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Twitch Adds Warning Label for Streams About Politics and Social Issues

Written by Michael Brandon Ingram
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Twitch is instituting a new policy for streams about politics and social issues, requiring streamers to attach a special label to their broadcasts.

Twitch is making a major change to its policies regarding streams discussing political or social issues, now requiring streamers to add a special label to more politically-charged broadcasts. The Amazon-owned streaming platform has opened itself up to a wide variety of content from its roots as a gaming-focused platform, now housing a plethora of different creators and topics. Twitch plays host to everything from "IRL" and "Just Chatting" streams to even hosting celebrities and sporting events. However, one genre of content has often been controversial for the platform.

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