Policies and Content Categories - weiyinc11/HateSpeechModerationTwitch GitHub Wiki
1. Ratios of content across categories (Quick view, source - https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/H2-2023-Transparency-Report?language=en_US)
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| Definition | Twitch does not permit behavior that is motivated by hatred, prejudice or intolerance, including behavior that promotes or encourages discrimination, denigration, harassment, or violence based on the following protected characteristics: race, ethnicity, color, caste, national origin, immigration status, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, serious medical condition, and veteran status. |
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Promote, glorify, threaten, or advocate violence, physical harm, or death against individual(s) or groups on the basis of a protected characteristic, including age. - Incite or promote violence against a protected group, e.g., “kill all the [protected group]” - Promote or express a desire for a protected group to be infected and/or die from a serious disease - Tell a user to kill themselves used in combination with a hateful slur, e.g., “kys [slur]” - Modify video game content to promote violence against a group based on a protected characteristic - Glorify specific hate crimes or mass violent acts and/or the perpetrators of such acts - Suggest that a victim of a hate crime deserved to be harmed |
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Use hateful slurs, either untargeted or directed towards another individual. We allow certain words or terms, which might otherwise violate our policy, to be used in an empowering way or as terms of endearment when such intent is clear. We also make exceptions for slurs in music—and singing along to music—as long as the song itself is not hateful and the slurs are not combined with other discriminating or denigrating content. - Enter a chat and spamming a slur - Target an individual with a slur based on a protected characteristic in chat - Include a slur in profile content - Call another player a slur while streaming |
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Post, upload, or otherwise share hateful images or symbols, including symbols of established hate groups and Nazi-related imagery. - Stream with a Confederate flag in the background. Given its historic association with slavery and white supremacist groups in the US, displaying this symbol— in non-educational contexts — runs counter to Twitch’s commitment to being a service that is inclusive and welcoming to all users. - Wear a T-shirt with the Arrow Cross - Post a swastika or SS bolts in chat |
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Create speech, imagery, or emote combinations that dehumanize or perpetuate negative stereotypes and/or memes. - Black/brown/yellow/redface - Content that perpetuates a recognized negative stereotype about a protected group as greedy or unintelligent - Content perpetuating negative associations between an animal and a protected group, or comparing a protected group to animals that are perceived as inferior or unclean - Content comparing a protected group to insects, pests, parasites, filth, or diseases/viruses - Content suggesting that protected group members are sub-human, inhuman, or impure - Content insinuating that individuals with certain protected characteristics are criminals or terrorists - Referring to a protected group as property or things - Intentionally referring to someone using a pronoun or form of address that does not correctly reflect the gender with which they identify, such as repeating incorrect pronouns after being asked to stop |
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Create content that expresses inferiority based on a protected characteristic, for example, statements related to physical, mental, and moral deficiencies. - Support for or promotion of outdated, discriminatory genetic or anthropological theories, including eugenics - Claims of divine sanction for hostility toward a protected group - Negative statements related to mental health, e.g., “[protected characteristic] is a form of insanity” - Negative statements related to hygiene, e.g., “[protected group] are all smelly” - Expressions questioning a group’s worth, e.g., “[protected group] are useless” - Statements suggesting inferiority of a protected group, e.g., “[protected group] are just worse at gaming” - Statements questioning the moral integrity of a protected group, including statements suggesting that a protected group are all cheaters - Content that implies that another contemporary culture is primitive |
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Call for subjugation, segregation or exclusion, including political, economic, and social exclusion/segregation, based on a protected characteristic, including age. We do, however, allow discussions on certain topics such as immigration policy, voting rights for non-citizens, and professional sports participation as long as the content is not directly denigrating based on a protected characteristic. - Support for denying right to political participation, e.g., “[protected group] should not be allowed to vote” - Support for limiting participation in the workplace, e.g., “we shouldn’t hire [protected group]” - Calls for exclusion from public services, e.g., “we shouldn’t spend tax dollars educating [protected group]” - Calls for exclusion from online services based on protected characteristic, including suggestions that a protected group does not belong on Twitch - Calls for controlling or dominating a group of people, including glorifying a period because a protected group was subjugated during that time, e.g., “slavery was the glory days of America” |
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Encourage or support the political or economic dominance of any race, ethnicity, or religious group, including support for white supremacist/nationalist ideologies. This does not include support for self-determination movements. - Support for the hegemony of any group based on protected characteristic - Calls to increase fertility rates or restrict immigration to preserve the economic/political/social power of any group |
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Expressions of contempt, hatred, or disgust based on a protected characteristic - Statements that a protected group should not exist - Statements dismissing an entire group, e.g., “I don’t like [protected group]” - Statements that a protected characteristic is repulsive or disgusting, or causes sickness, e.g., “[protected group] just make me want to vomit” |
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Mock the event/victims or deny the occurrence of well-documented hate crimes, or deny the existence of documented acts of mass murder/genocide against a protected group - Drawing a cartoon mocking the victim of a hate crime |
No tools in AutoMod for hate speech, bullying, and harassment.
Even the external bot tools only offer keyword filtering.