Twitch Safety Council
The safety advisory council was recently formed on twitch in may of this year to minimize harassment on its platform.
Twitch safety council. Twitch ferociouslysteph s role and the role of everyone else on the council is clear they tasked with providing their experience expertise and belief to help inform and guide decisions made at twitch with a goal to promote the safety and well being of everyone. After all the drama surrounding the new twitch safety advisory council ceo emmet shear has released a statement in order to clarify the council s role and twitch s position on comments made by deer girl ferociouslysteph. Last week twitch announced a new safety advisory council intended to provide input on some of twitch s most pernicious issues including work life balance safety and moderation and protection. The ceo of twitch emmett shear recently shared his thoughts on the current state of the new safety advisory council since may 14 twitch has received plenty of questions among viewers regarding the council.
Just two days ago council member ferociouslysteph openly said a few offensive statements regarding white supremacy and gamers which caused an uproar in the twitch community. Twitch introduced a new eight member council yesterday to advise on safety and health concerns for platform policies moving forward. The group is comprised of both twitch employees and creators who will help. But the group has already drawn a less than stellar reception.
The council will advise on a number of topics including. In the note posted to blog twitch tv emmett starts by acknowledging that there are a lot of questions and concerns about. Amazon owned game streaming site twitch announced today the formation of a new group that will guide decision making around new policies and products. The twitch safety advisory council.
The safety advisory council will inform and guide decisions made at twitch by contributing their experience expertise and belief in twitch s mission of empowering communities to create together. Drafting new policies and policy updates.