Despite the rollback, several changes to Twitch's sexual content rules remain in effect, including allowing content that highlights breasts, buttocks or pelvic region, and body painting on "female-presenting breasts and/or buttocks regardless of gender," as long as it's labeled with Sexual Themes. Dances like "twerking, grinding, and pole dancing" are now allowed without a label. Real and fictional depictions of nudity are no longer allowed on Twitch, except for some content found in mature-rated games.
Key takeaways:
- Twitch is reversing its new rules that allowed "artistic nudity" after AI-generated women started streaming topless on the platform.
- The company's CEO, Dan Clancy, admitted that the rule change went "too far" and apologized for the confusion it caused.
- The original update to the sexual content policy was in response to complaints from artists who found the company's content policies limiting.
- While the "artistic nudity" policy has been rolled back, several new changes to Twitch's sexual content rules are still in effect, including allowing content that "deliberately highlights breasts, buttocks or pelvic region" and certain types of dancing.