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[ad_1] In good news for Twitch streamers, a recent update has brought a new tool to help tackle harassment on the platform. Now, banned users can be prevented from watching streams. This update comes after many streamers expressed concern about harassment issues on Twitch.In the past, streamers could ban users from chatting, but they could not stop them from watching the stream. Now, Twitch has listened to feedback and introduced a solution. Streamers can activate the "Stop banned users from viewing the stream" feature in their Creator Dashboard's moderation settings, TechCrunch reported. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. A Collaborative Effort for Safer StreamingThis new feature is part of Twitch's efforts to make the platform safer. It also works together with Twitch's blocking t...

[ad_1] Amazon-owned Twitch said Wednesday it's expanding the ban on livestreams of gambling content on the platform.The company said it will now prohibit streams of online casinos Blaze and Gamdom, adding to the four sites it banned last October when its new gambling policy went into effect. Twitch announced the restrictions after a controversy broke out on the platform last year involving a streamer accused of scamming users and other content creators out of thousands of dollars to fuel a gambling addiction. That led some big-name streamers to protest the platform's lax policies on gambling streams. As the pressure intensified, Twitch said it would prohibit websites that include slots, roulettes or dice games and aren't “licensed either in the U.S. or in other jurisdictions that provid...

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Twitch expands its ban on gambling livestreams