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\nAt TwitchCon Amsterdam, streaming giant Twitch announced a number of new safety features coming soon to the platform.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis includes the ability for streamers to customise who can “raid” them, plus the ability to share a list of banned accounts with other streamers. Both of these features are in response to the mass wave of hate raids that affected marginalised streamers last year<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nThe features were introduced at the opening ceremony by Twitch CEO Emmett Shear: “We’re never going to be done with safety on Twitch, it’s a goal without end.\n<\/p>\n

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At TwitchCon Amsterdam, streaming giant Twitch announced a number of new safety features coming soon to the platform. This includes the ability for streamers to customise who can “raid” them, plus the ability to share a list of banned accounts with other streamers. Both of these features are in response to the mass wave of hate raids that affected marginalised streamers last year. The features were introduced at the opening ceremony by Twitch CEO Emmett Shear: “We’re never going to be done with safety on Twitch, it’s a goal without end. 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