(Reuters) – Amazon Inc (AMZN.O)’s video game live-streaming platform Twitch is forming an advisory council of experienced users, online safety experts and anti-bullying advocates to help improve safety on the site, Twitch said in a blog post on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
The council’s eight members will advise on product and policy changes, focusing on areas such as harassment and protection of marginalized groups.
Twitch, which was used last October to stream footage from shooting attacks in Germany, said it had doubled the size of its safety operations team this year and added new tools to help its volunteer channel moderators.
The company said it also uses a combination of human moderators and automation to handle the moderation reports it receives.
Twitch, which says it has 15 million daily users, is primarily a site where video gamers can…
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