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Twitch Bans Using ‘Intimate’ Body Parts As Green Screens [Kotaku got you covered on the issue] (kotaku.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The people complaining about the children need to understand it’s a private company and they can do whatever they want

I hate this response. It is so canned, so dismissive and hand wavy, while also being completely incorrect. It’s the kind of useless argument the right likes to parade around when they want to justify a business being cruel or even acting illegally in some cases.

No, companies cannot do literally whatever they want. There are absolutely rules that govern the types of media that can be in certain spaces. There are different TOS’s for different kinds of access to content, different hurdle
and benchmarks that must be met for certain users to access certain content. Twitch cannot do whatever it wants with impunity.

I think there are a lot of valid arguments on both sides of this debate here, and I am also very much against “think of the children.” But no, again, twitch cannot do whatever it wants here. There are different laws in different countries that they have to consider.

Edit: let’s also not forget that I am within my rights to express my disdain for what a company does, regardless if they have the right to do it or not. And to imply it is somehow immoral or otherwise reflective of our (lack of) intelligence to critique a company is patently absurd.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

When I say they can do whatever they want, I mean it in the 'they literally could just follow all those rules and regulations to just allow porn on there if they wanted to' sense. There's nothing stopping them from doing it besides money and the fact they're allowing what they currently do means money is winning.

There's nothing cruel or illegal on what's currently going on with twitch but I get what you're trying to say. I'm just tired of people forcing their views on me because of their kids. Mind you, I don't hate kids.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Why do you reduce it to “forcing their view on you because of their kids”? What’s this based on? How is your advocating for the opposite not you forcing your views on others by your definition? Why is your bar for what is appropriate more correct than anybody else’s?