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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by fwip on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:11PM (#26731361)
Nitpick: The offenses for which Twitch is considering removing users usually result in much more than a few weeks in jail, if convicted.

Further, Twitch is not the entire industry, the same way that Microsoft is not the industry.

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:19PM (#26731468)
Many of the offenses are in that category. My concern is the offenses like "violent extremism" and "membership in a known hate group", which are not generally illegal and very easy to abuse for censorious purposes. (I've seen quite a few people identify mainstream organizations as "hate groups" because of some political dispute.)
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