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Did you know your offline behavior could get you banned online?
- Wednesday | 28th April, 2021
(Reuters) – Earlier this month, Twitch announced it would start banning users for behavior away from its site. The move by Amazon Inc’s live-streaming platform involved hiring a law firm to conduct investigations into users’ misconduct, a new twist in the latest prominent example of tech companies acting on “off-service” behavior. How platforms enforce against activities conducted not just on their services but on other sites and offline, is often only described vaguely in their rules. Alphabet Inc’s YouTube says it requires users’ content to be closely linked to a real-world offense, but it may remove users’ ability to make money from their channel based on off-service behavior. Deciding which real-life actions or allegations require online punishments is a thorny area, say online law and privacy experts.
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