UK watchdog fires warning shots at Snap and Twitch over safety

Twitch shared plans with Ofcom to stop users under 18 from stumbling across mature content, but the regulator said it still ‘has concerns that these plans may not fully address this problem and will continue to engage with Twitch on this’. — AFP

UK Internet regulator Ofcom has criticised how platforms including Snap Inc and Amazon.com Inc’s Twitch deal with protecting users.

At streaming service Twitch, the watchdog said users of any age “can easily watch videos that are marked by creators as ‘mature’”. Twitch also has said that parental controls or systems for viewers to rate harmful material would be a disproportionate measure or impracticable, according to Ofcom.