Mar 04, 2022 11:17:00

Twitch eliminates Russian propaganda and new corona vaccine conspiracy theorists as 'harmful false alarm super-spreaders'

Twitch , a game-specific live broadcast platform, has revised its community guidelines, ' Spam, Fraud and Other Malicious Behavior, ' to block users from repeatedly spreading harmful false alarms.

Preventing Harmful Misinformation Actors on Twitch
https://safety.twitch.tv/s/safety-news/detail?language=en_US&post=Preventing-Misinformation-Actors-from-Using-Twitch

Twitch takes aim at anti-vaxxers, Russian propaganda and QAnon --Protocol
https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/twitch-moderation-misinformation-streaming

Twitch has a new policy that will ban'harmful misinformation superspreaders' --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22960269/twitch-new-misinformation-policy-ban-covid

Twitch bans Russian state media in move against harmful misinformation spreaders | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitch-bans-russian-state-media-move-against-harmful-misinformation-spreaders-2022-03-03/

Regarding this policy revision, Twitch said, 'It is a policy revision to prohibit individuals who are devoted to disseminating harmful false information from using Twitch, and made only one statement including false alarms. It's not just excluded from the platform. '' It's unlikely that it will affect the average user or the streamers loved by users. '

Twitch works with more than 12 researchers and experts to analyze how harmful false alarms are spread online, and an effective approach to mitigate community risk is effective at Twitch. It seems that he confirmed that. According to Twitch, some accounts called 'harmful false alarm

super-spreaders ' are spreading an unusual amount of false alarms online. He says he succeeded in identifying the three characteristics of this 'harmful false alarm super-spreader.'

The three features of the 'harmful false alarm super spreader' are as follows.

1: Permanently share false alarms
2: Despite the fact that a lot of shared information has been disproved, it is widely spread.
3: Dedicated to sharing harmful false alarms

As a result, Twitch has revised its 'Spam, Fraud and Other Malicious Behavior' policy to force account suspension and other measures only for accounts that meet the above three conditions. The types of information that are prohibited from false alarms are 'false information about the new coronavirus vaccine,' 'information about harmful health,' 'information about fraudulent elections,' 'information that impairs the integrity of civil or political processes,' and 'violence.' Conspiracy theories that promote the invasion of Ukraine (specifically, Russian propaganda that spreads conspiracy theories about the invasion of Ukraine).

If a general user discovers an account on Twitch that spreads harmful false alarms, it is possible to provide the information to the email address of '[email protected]'.

'We are constantly evolving our approach according to the guidance and trends of community or broader industry experts. Harmful false positives have not been widespread on Twitch so far, but they are spreading very rapidly. As with all Twitch safety policies, we continue to consult with experts to ensure that approaches to curbing potential harm are effective. I will. '