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Predators are using Twitch’s short form feature to circulate abusive material.
Child safety on Twitch continues to be a problem. Bloomberg reports that Twitch’s “clips” feature is being used to share child sexual abuse material that’s being viewed by users.
While Twitch has handed down stricter rules around sexual content in recent weeks, it seems that the company is more hands-off with clips moderation:
At the moment, Twitch focuses most of its monitoring efforts on its livestreams, which the company says are reviewed using human moderators, artificial intelligence and other tools. By contrast, when it comes to moderating clips, Twitch relies solely on its users to report instances of suspicious or upsetting material.
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