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Twitch changes its hateful content policy to include ‘Zionist’ as potential slur following criticism

The policy change comes after critics of the Amazon-owned streaming service argued that hate toward Jewish people has prevailed on Twitch in the past year,

The platform announced the change in a blog post Friday, writing that “using the term ‘Zionist’ to attack or demean another individual or group of people on the basis of their background or religious belief is against our rules.” The policy change comes after critics of the Amazon-owned streaming service — including lawmaker Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., and the Anti-Defamation League — argued that hate toward Jewish people has prevailed on Twitchin the past year. In July, Meta — which owns Facebook and Instagram — enacted a similar policy, changing its rules to restrict the use of the word “Zionists,” saying the term had often become a proxy for hate speech against Jews.

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