Twitch Bans Confederate Flags, Sparking Strong Reaction on Social Media

So cracking down on symbols of hate and hate speech? I mean its thier platform to do what they want with, making users and creators comfy is probably good for business

what about free speach

considering i've received comments in my own stream that i look like a terrorist i am 100% okay with this, bring the hammer down on people who go out of their way to make others feel awful

Twitch dug pretty deep with this, I'm on board! I'd rather very specific policies that everyone can understand and the platform can implement equally.

Too many broad-stroke attempts out there that only confuse and aren't enforced fairly or fully.

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Starting January 22, Twitch will ban the displaying of the Confederate flag, given its history and present association with slavery and white supremacist groups. Nice!

You’re correct, it’s not about the flag - it’s about the racism motivated treason that it represents. People who flew the confederate flag killed people who flew the American flag. Why wouldn’t twitch, a private company, be allowed to ban it? Why don’t you want them to?

Twitch just casually dropping that displaying the confederate flag will be grounds for a ban starting next year. You love to see it.

Question. Dose the confederate flag ban include in game representation in context? Totally agree with this being added this is just a question. I play horror and racist iconography comes up sometimes. If I feel it's ever pro raceisem I'll immediately stop obviously.

The US needs to ban them like Germany did Nazi flags and symbols.

Hey @Twitch @TwitchSupport I read somewhere that y'all were changing some sort of TOS thing that would "ban" confederate flag (no idea why) , assuming you think it's racist, but it's not. will you be banning real racists tho? like the ones that support BLM? asking for a friend...

I am not American I do not know about that issue, the only thing I see is that a private company, twitch, choose to ban a flag/symbol, a ban which most of their userbase agrees with seemingly, I don't see the problem tbh.

As I've said numerous times in this thread, it's not about the flag to me. It's about Twitch being inconsistent when it comes to things and people they ban. I'm all for banning racist shit but at least be consistent when doing so.