Amazon might not just be an evil
corporation it's also pretty prude,
because recently, it has prohibited
two Twitch streamers
from utilizing the platform.
Amaranth and
Indie Fox are two Twitch streamers
who have been banned after they
shared videos of themselves licking
microphones which according to
Twitch is too sexy.
So I want to read this is from
the Verge.
They said Twitch declined
to explain why either streamer
was banned.
But the reason seems to be a breach
of Twitch's restrictions on quote,
sexually suggestive content.
The rules ban behaviors like erotic
dances, showing sex toys for
purposes other than education,
which I really, anyway.
And perhaps most relevant in this
case, posing in ways that quote,
deliberately highlight a person's,
quote, breasts, buttocks, or
pelvic region.
Which feels a little gendered and
a little like it's anywho.
And so just some information on
this before we come out and decide,
as much as 30%, 38% of all Twitch
app users in Latin the last year
were aged 10 between 10 and 19.
That's according to Statista.
So it's a younger audience, right?
And here, you have suggestive looks
like no nudity, but
licking of microphones.
There you see one I think
is Amaranth wearing leggings and
looking at microphone on a bed.
Here we go there's another photo of
her so- [LAUGH] >> I'm going to ask
that, okay, so this is a tweet that
she Amaranth tweeted out she says
I've been banned on Twitch one leg
equals one second shorter ban and
then dropped her only fans.
Good for her- [LAUGH] >> Making up
for the loss of revenue.
But what do you guys think I'm
going to ask there we got a poll
tyt.com/polls.
Do you think Twitch user?
Should these Twitch users be banned
for being too sexy?
Is it it's a young audience?
What do you guys think?
>> On a level on a certain
level somebody like me who's
completely liberal about all of
this stuff like I don't think
an eight year old will die from
having seen a breast.
I know because I was eight and
I had seen breasts while I was
eight and
I'm somehow live to tell the story.
>> You tell us about it?
>> Yeah, I don't think that it's
that big of a deal.
But at the same time parents don't
want their kids to be exposed
to sexual content
without their supervision, right?
We've all been watching 90210
when with our parents and
then they covered our eyes to make
sure we didn't see the love
scene when we were younger.
We all remember those stupid
moments in movies when a love
scene would happen and it gets
extremely awkward in the house.
But at least those are supervised.
So I kind of get it, but
I gotta say friend, I was trying to
show the man Bowl Joe my next was
the Twitch stream- [LAUGH]
>> That's out the window.
>> Yeah, man for
the first like is he pointed out
with stuff like this.
I mean, Twitch is such a huge
platform for
the most part things like this who
would even really seen it.
But we're so
exposed to sexualization and
all types of ways people that just
casually making only fans accounts.
And the porn industry is so
big as Wes was saying.
You really can't get away from it.
So I understand Twitch has its,
they have the regulations.
They have their policies.
But ultimately, I mean, who cares?
I'm saying- [LAUGH].
>> Who cares, it's not like if
people want to see sexualization,
I mean, what is it isn't porn still
the largest search category of
anything on the Internet by far and
away?
So >> People it's I don't know
if they Bezos knows, but most of
the Internet is pornography.
[LAUGH] >> Exactly.
>> So maybe he doesn't, I don't,
who knows what kind of robots he's
got on hand to help him whatever,
get some knock some tension off.
But, Jeff, that's the way
the Internet has been working and
not always in a good way.
I will also say look, I'm not
a gamer, and I know it's going to
lose me a lot of people who maybe
didn't even like me in the first
place so it doesn't matter.
But all games are just obliterating
enemies with all kinds of automatic
weapons in random towns that look
like they're in Afghanistan.
What I'm saying,
it's all about shooting each other,
killing each other,
it's all about violent video games,
yes, I am that woman.
But like- [LAUGH] >> A nice
booty in some stretch pants,
like that's not hurting anybody.
We're not hurting anybody.
>> It's helping us.
It's actually helping
us if we are being honest.
>> And the other thing I'm going to
say is, look,
I love Megan the Stallion.
I love Cardi B.
I love Rihanna.
These are women who have incredibly
suggestive YouTube music videos
all the time, right?
And people like yeah,
I'm sure young kids I remember in
one Rihanna video,
there was a kid was like, my dad
walked in on me looking at this and
this is pornographic.
And it's like, I don't believe
we should be censoring that either.
But I also don't believe that just
like, millionaire pop stars should
be the ones who get to do that kind
of stuff.
That being said,
I don't actually know if any of
these rules were violated.
There was,
I don't see an erotic dance.
I guess there was a pose,
there was a deliberate pose,
which by the way was if you do that
deliberate pose, I know one person
who would be very excited for it.
[LAUGH] >> I mean,
outside of that what type of switch
like what.
And people's content
that they discuss and talk about.
I mean, can't you pretty much say
whatever you want on that platform?
I mean, so- >> For the most part,
yeah.
They let you pretty much do
whatever it is.
But we live in America,
and it's flicking was founded by
some of the most puritanical people
that have ever freaky lived.
And that legacy and culture still
persist to this day like people
are really scared of genitals,
it's insane.
There's just sort of hysteria
around sex in this country,
even in 2021.
We have to behave this way around
any topic that might be sexual in
nature.
It's pathetic, honestly.
>> I like how you said though that
you saw a breast
when you were eight years old and
it wasn't a big deal.
And there's something that
tells me that was a really big deal
to you at eight years.
Now you're saying it wasn't,
like that's like the big deal?
>> Yeah, it was a big deal.
I was that ten year old who stayed
up late at night to watch Cinemax
after 11:30.
Anybody who's around my age knows
what went down on Cinemax,
>> Skinemax.
>> [LAUGH] Exactly.
>> See late night.
>> Of course,
beats after dark all of that.
We all took part in that- >> There
was beat after dark or no- >> Yeah,
you are in order.
>> You had to pay for it or no?
[CROSSTALK] >> All you gotta do is
YouTube Tip Drill legendary
Nelly- [LAUGH] >> Song and video.
And yeah, shouts to BTS to dark man
[LAUGH] >> We're going to came up
with that genius.
>> Yeah, so I do want to
say though my only problem is I
don't have a problem with but or
boobs being shown, but I do have
a problem with exploitation.
And this is again where I get my
a lot of people who are like now
you're just sent trying to censor
stuff, I'm not.
There was story,
we didn't do this story
a few weeks ago about Pornhub.
And a lot of people suing the
Pornhub, the like mega millionaires
who now run it because there's
a lot of revenge porn on Pornhub.
There's a lot of non consensual
stuff that's out there, right?
And so there is a right way to do.
And quality is another thing, but
let's just say even minimally
mediocre porn.
And for me my trigger is,
is it exploitative?
If it's exploitative, that's wrong.
And the problem with the Internet
and a lot of pornography and
content that's out there is it's,
it can be exploitative and
it can be non consensual.
Thing with Twitch and
only fans is it's actually saving
a lot of sex workers and people who
do make money for with their bodies
because they run it themselves.
They're owning it themselves.
And they don't have to rely
on a an exploitative platform.
Or let's say even a pimp,
right if they're sex workers,
that kind of stuff.