Weeks After Experimenting With A Little Nudity, Twitch Reverses Course And Bans 'Implied Nudity'

Twitch is turning a big dial that says "nudity" on it and looking at the audience for approval like a contestant on The Price is Right.

Currently, that dial reads "no implied nudity," as Twitch has released yet another policy update regarding nudity on the platform, this time banning implied nudity, which means no more "black censor bars or other items to block (streamers') bodies or clothing, or position the camera frame such that the viewer is led to believe that the streamer is fully or partially nude."

This comes weeks after the initial topless meta emerged and Twitch experimented with allowing "Artistic Nudity" on the platform, which ended up encouraging streamers to push the limits of what is acceptable to Twitch regarding sexual content and gave rise to streams in which creators were either nude or implied to be nude but didn't have sensitive areas showing.

The update, which is essentially Twitch's pre-"Artistic Nudity" policy, received a mix of reactions online, as some people cheered Twitch for reversing the policy that had made the site dominated by nudity streamers, while others were exhausted by Twitch's habit of constantly changing its policies and sentiments that the company is far too vague with its TOS changes.

With the new (old) rules in place, Twitch users anticipate that those who were participating in the "nudity meta" will find new ways to stretch Twitch's policies to attract simp-y viewers and donations, though it will, of course, take time to see what new meta develops.