If a creator bans one phone-verified account, the platform will ban all accounts tied to that number.
Twitch has also added measures to prevent accounts from evading channel bans.Ī Twitch user can verify up to five accounts per phone number. In addition, creators can choose to exempt viewers such as VIPs, Subscribers, and Moderators from having to verify themselves. Verification requirements can also be set according to how long it has been since the account was created, or how long the account has followed the creator’s account. They can customise the verification and chat requirements - for example, only requiring first-time chatters or new accounts to be verified. They can access the verification options in the Moderation section of their channel dashboard settings. Phone-verified chat requires Twitch users to verify a phone number on their account before they can chat in a stream.Ĭreators can also enable email verified chat.
The new tools gives creators multiple settings for who can chat in their stream. Phone and email verification for Twitch chat Twitch wrote while the new options would not completely eradicate hate raids and spam bots, it would make it harder for people with multiple accounts to harass creators. The scale of the issue prompted several creators to conduct a boycott against Twitch. The options come as Twitch has come under fire in recent months for delays in protecting creators from abusive raids and malicious bot accounts.Ĭreators have been subject to hate raids that flood their stream chats with hate speech.
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“We’ve spent many months building, testing, and refining this tool, and while this is far from the last update on our roadmap to improve Creator safety, we’re optimistic about the impact it can have in making a safer Twitch,” the company said in a blog post.
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