![]() ![]() The actions include banning people from the platform, removing partnership status, or removing people from promotional opportunities. Shear released an internal email on his Twitter account, assuring again that Twitch is looking into all the incidents and will be taking action and cooperating with law enforcement. I was told he was the VP’s uncle and an “important” initiative launch partner. ![]() Next year he was in the same VIP space at the same Twitch event. I was a VP at Twitch and I reported this to the relationship-owning VP, the head of HR, and the CEO. Starling, a music streamer, said that Shear was asked in an All Hands meeting about partners using their position to abuse women such as Starling herself, and he chuckled and said “wow, the things that go on on our platform, can’t really comment” before moving on. While Twitch promised to take action, a couple of people have accused CEO Emmett Shear of laughing away reports of abuse in the past. You can keep up with who’s being banned by following StreamerBans on Twitter. Some of the accused streamers, namely iAmSpoon, BlessRNG, WarwitchTV, DreadedCone and Wolv21, have been permanently banned. They said that anyone looking to share their experience dealing with abuse or want share addition information after having come forward can report confidentially through the reporting tools on each streamer’s channel page. They’re also reviewing their Hateful Conduct and Harassment policies, working on enhanced offensive username detection, improving AutoMod and their Banned Words list and conducting other projects to reduce harassment and abuse on the platform. Update (June 24, 2020): Twitch is starting to roll out permanent bans for the most severe cases of sexual abuse and harassment, according to a blog post. ![]()
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