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Twitch Bans the Words ‘Simp’ and ‘Virgin’ (Actual Simps And Virgins Still Welcome) – Gizmodo Australia
As part of an ongoing process of retooling its policies around harassment and hateful conduct, Twitch announced on Wednesday that the words “simp,” “incel,” and…
As part of an ongoing process of retooling its policies around harassment and hateful conduct, Twitch announced on Wednesday that the words simp, incel, and virgin will no longer be allowed on the platform as long as they are used by streamers and commenters as insults. If they are used in a friendly way, the words are, presumably, still ok to use.
In a statement, a Twitch spokesperson told The Verge that the platform plans to take action against the use of those terms specifically when they are…
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