Twitch Is Overhauling Its Suspensions Policy

Twitch is overhauling its suspensions policy

The company is implementing two suspension types: streaming suspensions and chatting suspensions.

Twitch hopes a nuanced approach can make suspensions less frustrating for streamers

Twitch has updated its policy to make its approach to suspensions more flexible. The platform’s previous “all-or-nothing” framework has been broken into two categories. “Streaming” and “chat” violations will account for rulebreaking behaviors in their titular mediums, though in both cases, most suspended streamers will retain more privileges than they previously had. Previously, suspended streamers completely lost access to their Twitch accounts…