How Twitch Detects Underage Users

streaming platform Throbbing announced through its website that it is starting the process ID Accounts owned by users under the age of 13, for reasons safety.

In addition, the statement states that its methods ID Improved so that this process ends with removal Accounts Minors and that, in addition, can block Users who were previously suspended due to identification of minors.

Changes within the platform are made after reporting Bloomberg There will be talk about the possibility of finding Predators Sex inside the app. This document, which was published in September of this year, has been analyzed 1976 report whose set of accounts included profiles of minors old.

According to media reports, the total 279,016 people They were harassed by predators on this platform.

In addition, this function will have the complementary obligation to carry out a check with a phone number so that the system cannot deceive users in caseAccounts potentially vulnerable” before they start to hand over alive

This feature also serves as a way to avoid users customers Lie during registration age on platform.

More attention to small customer reports

good Throbbing Trying to delete users of minors 13 years of the platform, this does not mean neglecting those who have not been discovered. In its official release, the streaming service indicated that it will have a Update To give priority to everyone in their politics of moderation reports which are registered as minors from accounts.

A blocking option was also included messages In the case of general users, it is unknown. similarly, looking for About “certain terms” was forbidden platformHowever, it was not specified what deadlines This means.

“they Updates They are not exhaustive and are not the end of our efforts (…) Much of what we have been doing and what we have planned must remain private to be effective”, – it is mentioned in the publication, which is posted on the website Throbbing.

Cooperation with special organizations

In his statement, Throbbing He noted that he has deepened cooperation with the institutions that are subject to the report platform on consumer behavior that includes practices related to Bullying minors in other sectors to enhance their opportunities monitor the behaviors of customers shows signs of bullying.

In this sense, artificial intelligence is the so-called Spirit AI which allows for real-time processing texts which are written to set a certain standard on the platform Moderation and protect users from terms or phrases Harmful for them

“Be ahead Predators and bad actors, collaboration is critical,” points to a platform that also reminds those who have information About harassment cases involving services can Notify me.

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