Cleavage but no underbust, please: Twitch bans "implied nudity" among streamers

rockpapershotgun.com:

I realise we're all struggling through the dank depths of January but it's never too early in the year to talk about sex, baby. Twitch have updated their attire policies to stop an outbreak of "implied nudity" among thirstier streamers, who have taken to filming themselves nude with black censor bars, or positioning the camera to suggest that they're fully or partially naked outside the frame.

"While most streamers have labeled this content appropriately with the Sexual Themes label and are wearing clothing behind the object or outside the camera frame, for many users, the thumbnails of this content can be disruptive to their experience on Twitch," reads a post from chief customer trust officer Angela Hession.

"While content labeled with the Sexual Themes label isn't displayed on the home page, this content is displayed within the category browse directories, and we recognize that many users frequent these pages to find content on Twitch."

The change to the attire policy means that clothing or body coverage must be "fully opaque", which means nothing "sheer or partially see-through". Streams must also be appropriately tagged: for example, people who stream from pools or hot tubs while wearing swimsuits must use the "Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches" category. Cleavage is "unrestricted", but underbust is off the menu. Policy adjustments aside, Twitch's developers are working on the ability to blur thumbnails used for streams labelled Sexual Themes, together with new search filters for content classification label preferences.

Here's the updated Attire policy in full.

We don't permit streamers to be fully or partially nude, including exposing genitals or buttocks. Nor do we permit streamers to imply or suggest that