Breastfeeding does not violate Twitch’s rules, company confirms

Twitch’s moderation team has confirmed that breastfeeding is not against the company’s terms of service. The move comes after a controversial decision to remove a clip from streamer Heather Kent’s channel following reports over one moment on her stream.
The clip in question shows Kent’s nipple for a second as her one-year-old breastfeeds. The safety operations team took the clip down, according to an email Kent received and tweeted screenshots of earlier today. The Twitch representative told Kent that “it was a difficult position for a Safety Ops admin to be put in during a review of an incident that has not previously occurred on Twitch,” but upon further review, does not violate the company’s guidelines.
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