What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Twitch

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Clare Godwin Experienced video game journalist
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This free online safety guide focuses on Twitch. It highlights a number of risks such as inappropriate content, private chat rooms and contact from strangers.

A free online safety guide on Twitch.

Twitch is a livestreaming service which tends to focus on gaming. Users can publicly broadcast their gameplay and commentary online for other users to watch. It's a community-driven platform where viewers can support their favourite streamers’ channels through PayPal donations, "bits" and more. Each streamer or group creates their own community for fans to interact with each other. Twitch has more than 15 million daily active users and also includes non-gaming topics such as music, cooking and art. Anyone can create a channel to livestream or watch videos.

In the guide, you'll find tips on avoiding potential risks such as inappropriate content, private chat rooms and contact from strangers.