Online streaming has quickly taken over the world of content. As fans are able to view their favorite creators online, streaming platforms such as Twitch rose to prominence. With this prominence comes the ability to reach hundreds of thousands of people through streamers on the platform, not only for Twitch but for brands and businesses. However, the platform recently reminded everyone it holds the final say over what endorsements are permitted on its platform.

Earlier this week, Twitch updated its terms of service. However, these changes were criticized by several celebrities, including Thea Booysen, MrBeast‘s girlfriend.

Thea Booysen offers her opinion of updated Twitch TOS

Thea Booysen is a Twitch streamer and YouTube content creator, also known for being MrBeast’s girlfriend. The streamer took to Twitter to express her opinion about the way Twitch handled its terms of service.

Thea, known as TheaBeast on Twitter, made it very clear how she felt about Twitch and their actions with the ToS. She pointed out how Twitch saw the way these terms of service had the potential to affect streamers yet still went ahead with them.

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Thea pointed out what many others on Twitch did too. Twitch released these terms of service knowing what they entailed. These terms of service impact streamers’ ability to earn money through brand endorsements. According to the new terms of service, Twitch changed the way endorsements worked, essentially changing embedded advertisements and banner ads entirely. These are common ways for streamers to endorse brands they partner with.

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Twitch posted how it understood these terms of service were bad for its viewers as well as the streamers. Yet, the question Thea, as well as other Twitch streamers were left asking, is if the streaming platform understood this, why would they release these terms of service? Thea called out the platform over these terms of service in her tweet.

Twitch forced to change terms of service

Following the initial release of these terms of service, there was outrage among fans. The broad wording of these guidelines left much room for exploitation. It forced the streaming platform to rework these terms of service and release them all over again.

Moreover, some people argued over the dual nature of these guidelines. On one hand, endorsements of alcohol remain permitted, even if in a restricted manner. However, on the other hand, political endorsements of any kind were prohibited. The term political content was used broadly to include public debates as well. What do you think about the platform’s updated terms of service? Let us know in the comments below.

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