Amazon's Livestreaming Platform, Twitch, Announces Security Advisory Council


Twitch, Amazon's live video game streaming platform, forms an advisory board of experienced users, online security experts, and anti-bullying advocates for help improve site security, Twitch said in a blog post. Thursday.

The eight board members will advise on product and policy changes, focusing on areas such as harassment and the protection of marginalized groups.

Twitch, which was used last October to broadcast footage of the bullet attacks in Germany, said this year it has doubled the size of its security operations team and added new tools to help its volunteer channel moderators.

The company told me It also uses a combination of human moderators and automation to manage the moderation reports it receives.

Twitch, which claims to have 15 million daily users, is primarily a site where video game players can stream their games live and chat with other users, although it also has channels focused on sports, music and politics. Last year, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, joined the platform.

The board includes Dr. Sameer Hinduja, co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, sociologist TL Taylor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), whose research focuses on online games, Alex Holmes, deputy director general of the ; charity for young people based in the United Kingdom. Diana Award, and Emma Llansó, director of the Free Expression Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

Seasoned Twitch streamers CohhCarnage, Cupahnoodle, Zizaran and FerociouslySteph are also on the board.

"When developing this tip, we felt it was essential to include both experts who can provide an outside perspective and Twitch streamers who deeply understand the challenges and ideas unique creators, "Twitch said in the blog post.

The move adds Twitch to the list of social platforms that have created boards to advise site decisions, such as Twitter, which formed its Trust and Safety Council in 2016.

In March, the Chinese social video app TikTok, which is under close scrutiny from the United States. United States For the sake of data sharing and censorship, it has appointed members to a United States-focused content moderation committee. United States

Last week, social media giant Facebook announced to the first members of its supervisory board a major effort to respond to criticism of content moderation decisions.

But unlike Facebook's supervisory board, which can quash the company's verdicts on certain content, a spokeswoman for Twitch told Reuters that its board would not make restrictive decisions.

The spokesperson said the board would meet regularly. Asked about transparency on the group's board, he said that Twitch hopes to regularly share updates on its work.

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