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Twitch Launches New Chat Harassment Tool

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A Twitch launched a new tool aimed at fight harassment in chat to keep channels a little safer and streamers calmer after the recent wave of raids. hatred of minorities

Platform announced yesterday (30) a new system which, using machine learning, can identify users who are bypassing in some way exile

A post on his official Twitch blog explains a little how the new tool works, highlighting that banned users a certain channel must continue No access this environment is forever. However, according to the text, some of these individuals “prefer to create new accounts by returning to chat and continuing their abusive behavior.”

According to the platform, the new intelligent system is capable of detecting suspicious activityby helping to “identify these users based on various account signals.” Without exception, all accounts that fall into the “thin network” of the new tool now have limited interaction in the chat, and their messages are visible only to the streamer and his team of moderators, who can then due action

Twitch makes it clear that since this is a new machine learning-based system, there will be no result. 100% reliable – mainly during the launch period. In any case, its use is optional and is disabled by default, which is necessary to enable detection of suspicious activity in the channel settings.

The initiative aims to allow the community to control itself by having access to a new form disable interaction disrespectful people and abusive behavior. “You are the experts when it comes to your community, so you have to make the final decision about who can participate in it,” the company confirms in its message.

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