Amazon’s Twitch makes changes to address child predation on platform


Twitch said it has updated default privacy settings for its direct messaging feature Whispers and blocked the ability to use certain search terms to find content on the platform. — AFP

Twitch, the video game livestreaming site popular with teens and kids, announced changes it’s making on the platform to increase safety for its young users in the wake of criticism that it enables child predation.

On Tuesday, Amazon.com Inc.-owned Twitch said it has introduced mandatory phone verification requirements and fortified technology used to catch and terminate accounts belonging to people under 13, among other measures.

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