Amazon-owned Twitch mentioned Wednesday it is increasing the ban on livestreams of playing content material on the platform.
The corporate mentioned it would now prohibit streams of on-line casinos Blaze and Gamdom, including to the 4 websites it banned final October when its new playing coverage went into impact.
Twitch introduced the restrictions after an issue broke out on the platform final 12 months involving a streamer accused of scamming customers and different content material creators out of hundreds of {dollars} to gasoline a playing dependancy. That led some big-name streamers to protest the platform’s lax insurance policies on playing streams.
Because the strain intensified, Twitch mentioned it might prohibit web sites that embody slots, roulettes or cube video games and are not “licensed both within the U.S. or in different jurisdictions that present adequate shopper safety.” Blaze and Gamdom aren’t obtainable within the U.S., however customers can nonetheless achieve entry utilizing digital non-public networks that masks their places.
“Our aim now, because it was final fall, is to guard our neighborhood, deal with predatory habits, and make Twitch safer,” the corporate mentioned Wednesday in a put up on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
Twitch mentioned it noticed playing viewership drop by roughly 75% after it carried out the brand new coverage final 12 months, however famous it has additionally “noticed some new traits” and is updating its coverage to raised defend customers.
The corporate additionally prohibits sharing hyperlinks or referral codes to websites that embody slots, roulette, or cube video games to deal with what it mentioned have been scams and “different harms stemming from questionable playing websites.” It permits web sites that concentrate on sports activities betting, fantasy sports activities and poker.
