Policies, Guidelines, and Terms

As a streamer, ensuring that your channel experience is a positive one should always be a priority. Several rules, guidelines, and policies are in place to keep you and your community safe.

Policies
Terms of Service are rules that guide all users of Twitch.

Guidelines
Community Guidelines define how users can participate on Twitch in a way that promotes a friendly, positive experience for our global community.

Terms
Terms of Sales are rules about purchases of products, services, and digital content made available by Twitch.

Reporting
You can report confidentially through the reporting tools on each streamer’s channel page. Mass reporting or repeatedly reporting the same content will not increase the speed at which a report is investigated or increase the likelihood of enforcement.

Enforcement

When content is reported to us, we issue enforcements against accounts that we determine to have violated our Terms of Service and/or Community Guidelines. Violations of our Community Guidelines carry different enforcement outcomes such as warnings, temporary suspension, and indefinite suspension.

Appeals

If you believe you incorrectly received account enforcement, you may appeal. Successful appeals usually include remorse, taking responsibility, or additional context and deeper details on the specific incident that demonstrate an error was made. To appeal, go to our appeals portal located at https://appeals.twitch.tv .