Moderating an online community is hard, often thankless work — and it's even harder when it happens in a silo. On Twitch, interconnected channels already informally share information on users they ...

When Anti-Defamation League researchers set out to study the harassment of political figures on Twitch, they expected to encounter a breeding ground of live abuse. Previous research out of ADL’s ...

Twitch streamers can finally block banned users from watching their streams, thanks to a recent update to the platform's anti-harassment features. Twitch first announced the feature in August. Though ...

Twitch introduced a new way for streamers to fight accounts that evade channel-level bans Tuesday. The automated tool is called "Suspicious User Detection" and can spot users trying to get around bans ...

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Twitch has ‘removed ambiguity’ from its sexual harassment policy and introduced new moderation features for blocking abusive messages. Twitch has ‘removed ambiguity’ from its sexual harassment policy ...

Twitch is rolling out major 2026 updates, including dual-format streaming, 2K video support, AI-powered moderation tools, and ...

Streamers on Twitch have been rallying across social media under the #TwitchDoBetter hashtag in order to demand better moderation tools. The platform is predominantly used for streaming video games ...