Sep 30, 2021 17:00:00

It is possible to require viewers to authenticate their phone numbers and email addresses on Twitch, and measures against multiple accounts are perfect.

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On September 29, 2021, Twitch, a livestreaming distribution platform that has been taking measures against 'hate attacks ' due to discriminatory behavior and harassment by bots, announced that it started the chat user authentication function. .. This allows channel administrators to require chat participants to authenticate by phone number or email address, or to ban users who refuse to authenticate.

Securing your Chat with Phone and Email Verification | Twitch Blog
https://blog.twitch.tv/ja-jp/2021/09/29/securing-your-chat-with-phone-and-email-verification/

The new authentication feature added to Twitch can be set from the Moderation tab under Settings in the Dashboard. Here you can enable or disable email and phone number verification, as well as specify who is requesting verification. In addition, since this authentication function does not affect the ease of finding chats, there is no concern that the influx of participants will decrease even if the authentication function is enabled.

Regarding the protection system for email addresses and phone numbers registered for authentication, Twitch said, 'There is absolutely no security on the Internet, but Twitch has a thorough management system to protect the completeness and security of user information. We are taking a full range of measures that combine security technology and physical means. '

It is also assumed that the user has multiple accounts, and up to 5 accounts can be authenticated and registered for each phone number. In this case, if an account authenticated with a phone number is suspended on Twitch, other accounts using the same phone number will also be suspended. Similarly, if an account authenticated by a phone number or email address is expelled from a particular channel, all accounts associated with that phone number or email address will be expelled from that channel.

Unlike two-step verification, which requires phone number verification each time you log in, you only need to authenticate to the channel once. Also, authentication is valid across Twitch, so you won't be required to authenticate every time you join a channel.

Since SMS is used for authentication by phone number, it cannot be authenticated on landlines that cannot use SMS. Also, IP phones that can easily use multiple phone numbers cannot be used for authentication. Therefore, people who do not have a mobile phone number cannot join the channel that requires authentication with the phone number.

However, there are setting items that exempt users with roles such as VIP and moderator, subscribers, users who have been following for a certain period of time, etc., so if you are chatting with such settings, you do not have a mobile phone Even people can participate.

Twitch said of his upcoming efforts: 'Just as online harassment and hate can't be solved by a single measure, there's no end to Twitch's efforts to make it more secure, but malicious behavior is me. As long as we have the potential to get inside our community, we need to develop ways to make it difficult, and we will continue to do so, 'he said, with the idea of announcing further harassment measures within a few months. Was shown.