Twitch, one of the world's largest live streaming sites, recently updated its terms of service to allow streamers to display "artistic nudity." This means streamers can draw and display nudity as long as it is "artistic in nature" and not intended to be explicit. However, the concept of “artistry” cannot be measured realistically.
After the change was launched, Twitch's art category live broadcasts were completely occupied by painting live broadcasts that were not suitable for children. Of course, many of them are live-streaming to express tongue-in-cheek comments about Twitch rule changes, but there are also many people who want to take this opportunity to attract more fans.
A few days ago, Twitch officially stated that it would retroactively implement this change. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy issued a statement on behalf of the company, admitting that this time they did "go too far" and said that some artistic live broadcasts actually violated the changed terms, but admitted that even live broadcasts that did not violate the rules still attracted criticism from the community. So they decided to withdraw the change.
He said: "On reflection, we believe this change went too far. Rotti's digital depictions presented a unique challenge - AI can be used to create photorealistic images, and it is difficult to distinguish between digital art and photography."
"As a result, starting today, we are removing the changes to artistic nudity. Going forward, real or virtual nudity will not be allowed on Twitch, regardless of medium."
Nudity in video games will still be allowed on the platform in some games as before, but any form of artistic nudity - including traditional art (painting), as well as nude body painting and other forms of artistic expression that may involve nudity - will be prohibited.