Overview

• Twitch has reversed its recent policy change that briefly allowed more nudity on the platform, due to backlash and concerns about the potential for abuse of A.I. image generators.
• The initial policy change was intended to allow the artist community on Twitch to use the human form in their art, but led to some streamers producing content that violated the new policy.
• Twitch CEO Dan Clancy stated that the difficulty in distinguishing between digital art and photography, and the potential for A.I. to create realistic images from scraped data, prompted the decision to revert the policy.
• The revised policy had aimed to eliminate confusion by consolidating separate policies into a single sexual content policy under Twitch's community guidelines.
• Despite the reversal, certain types of sexual content remain prohibited on Twitch, including pornographic content, youth nudity, and simulated sexual activity or erotic roleplay in online games.