Twitch to ban words like “simp” and “virgin” as insults
Twitch has announced that it will no longer allow words such as “simp”, “incel” and “virgin” to be used as insults on its platform.During a new livestream, Twitch COO Sara Clemens spoke about the changes to its revamped hateful conduct and harassment policy, which is set to go into effect on January 22, 2021. “Using terms like ‘simp’, ‘incel’ and ‘virgin’ as an insult – to negatively refer to another person’s sexual activity – is not allowed under this new policy,” she said.“In addition to the policy change, we’re also proactively denying emotes that include the term ‘simp’.