Two days after allowing "Artistic Nudity" on the site, Twitch is reversing the policy after the video-streaming platform was flooded with explicit content.
CEO Dan Clancy said on a blog post that Twitch "went too far" with the new terms of service.
Moving forward, the platform will prohibit artistic and fictionalized nudity, "regardless of the medium." The changes will not affect Mature-rated game.
Twitch was quickly filled with explicit drawings and animation, including fetish art and sensitive imagery of children, right after the policy took effect.
The platform has since banned many accounts on the site.
Twitch New TOS on 'Artistic Nudity'
The Amazon-owned video-streaming site rolled out the new sexual content policy on Wednesday following the viral "topless meta" on the platform.
"Topless meta" refers to people, mostly female, streaming without upper clothes on a cropped frame right above their breasts.
Twitch further relaxed restrictions on sexual content for content creators "to feel confident they understand our rules" and "viewers to feel confident they will get the experience they expect."
The following day, the platform released a clarification on what content is allowed via its Content Classification Label.
Many content creators found loopholes in the new TOS that would allow rampant pornographic content on the site.
Controversies on Twitch Livestreaming, Content Policies
While the new TOS was still in place, internet users have criticized Twitch for further allowing sexual content on the site in favor of its top female earners.
The platform also came under pressure for prioritizing boosting of explicit content rather than the rampant gambling-related content and swatting happening.
Gambling has tightened its rules to "prohibit any streaming of listed sites that contain slots, roulette, and dice games" last October. Many accounts still stream related content.
Advertisers, primarily Amazon, have not released a statement regarding the recent policy changes on the platform.
