Twitch Safety Center (2024)

FAQs

Does the Twitch Safety Council still exist? ›

' Twitch has terminated all current members of its Safety Advisory Council to replace the majority of them with Twitch Ambassadors. CNBC broke the news after viewing an internal email sent to council members by Twitch and speaking to sources familiar with the matter.

People who are 13 or older but under the age of majority where they reside (varies based on legal residence, but is 18 in most U.S. states) may only use Twitch under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by Twitch's Terms of Service. Children under 13 may not use Twitch.

Twitch requires all providers (eg. Partners, Affiliates) — including U.S. and non-U.S., non-profit or tax-exempt organizations—to provide valid taxpayer identity information in order to comply with U.S. and international tax reporting regulations.

Safety is personal

We set and enforce rules for Twitch as a whole, but we also empower creators and mods to go beyond and do what's best for their own communities.

Log in to Twitch Inspector at inspector.twitch.tv to review a complete list of your streams in the last 7 days. You'll need to authorize Twitch Inspector to access your account. Use caution to protect the information in Twitch Inspector.

Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg (born September 27, 1981) is an American professional freestyle motocross rider and professional off-road truck racer. Stenberg received his nickname "Twitch" from his Tourette's syndrome, which he was diagnosed with at the age of eight.

While Twitch doesn't have a built-in filter for kid-friendly streams, there are many channels deemed appropriate for all ages. Here are some options you can suggest to your younger children: iateyourpie: An energetic Super Mario streamer.

Children 13 or older are allowed to create an account under parental supervision. Keep in mind that Twitch streams can be watched without an account. If you're not logged in you cannot participate in chat, but chat is still visible, meaning potentially mature content in a chat is visible.

While Twitch prohibits nudity, inappropriate attire, p*rnography, and certain Sexual Content, streamers are required to apply a content classification label to certain streams that contain sexual themes, listed below.

Whether it's fighting games, chess competitions, esports, or the dedicated Bob Ross channel, you may end up watching Twitch more often than Netflix. Fortunately, Twitch streams are quite reliable; video issues are rare.

Should I give Twitch my phone number? ›

Why should I add a phone number to my Twitch account? Adding a phone number to your Twitch account can provide an additional layer of security. It also gives us another way to contact you with important messages about your account, such as payout information changes, password changes, and login attempts.

Set your profiles, usernames, and handles to private. If you maintain a public profile for your work, consider maintaining a private account for close friends and family only and set individual posts that may be sensitive to "friends only." Remove any addresses, places of work, or specific locations from your accounts.

Store Past Broadcasts

If you have enabled this toggle, all broadcasts will be saved for up to 7 days by default (up to 14 days for Affiliates, and 60 days for Partners, Turbo, and Prime users). If you do not enable this toggle, your broadcasts will not save.

Anyone age 13 or older can be a Twitch streamer. However, if you're between 13 and the age of majority where you live (18 in most U.S. states), you must use Twitch under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to Twitch's terms of service.

Games are restricted from broadcast if: The game violates our Community Guidelines as it applies to hate speech, sex, nudity, gratuitous gore, or extreme violence. The official ESRB rating is Adults Only.

Our DMCA Guidelines apply to all accounts on Twitch. While the DMCA is a U.S. law, many countries have laws that operate in a similar way, including requiring that online services like Twitch maintain a notice-and-takedown system. We sometimes use terms like “DMCA” and “DMCA notification” for simplicity.

TwitchCon, the popular live streaming conference that was last here in 2022, is returning after bidding farewell to Las Vegas and cutting a deal to stay in San Diego through 2028.

Founded in 2011, Twitch has become the largest video game streaming platform in the world, having an average of 31 million visitors daily. Twitch is a subsidiary of Amazon, which bought the platform in August 2014 for $970 million. Twitch's main headquarters are in San Francisco.

'Dangers (or by his real name Devon) is a Twitch streamer who streams the Mario series and Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. He is a Mario speedrunner and Canada.