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Twitch confirms content breaking third-party ToS is banned

The popular streaming platform today released a statement confirming they would not allow content that breaks  third-party terms of service, dealing another blow to the Counter-Strike skin gambling community.

The fallout surrounding Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skin gambling continued today with another blow to those who made their living from that industry. Twitch, the popular streaming platform responsible for bringing the majority of CS:GO content to the fans announced they would not allow material that breaks Valve’s terms of service, effectively reinforcing the statement from Valve without making any real change to their own policy.

The statement, couched as a reminder to the community, essentially put a stop to any attempts to stream illegal or unauthorised content, and is clearly aimed at the CS gambling community. In the very short term it has led to a resurgence of gameplay-related streaming content replacing the gambling/unboxing streams that had done so well until a few days ago, and was met with a broadly positive response from the online community.

As a reminder, per Twitch’s Terms of Service, broadcasters are not permitted to stream content that breaks the terms of service or user agreements of third-parties. As such, content in which the broadcaster uses or promotes services that violate Valve’s stated restrictions is prohibited on Twitch.

Further developments on this story are inevitable, as the eSports scenes finds a way to work in harmony with the world of gambling, so be sure to stay tuned as we bring you all the latest news.

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