Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live

Parents volition besides get a play email summarizing their teen’s Twitch activity. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge

Twitch is giving parents much power implicit however their children are utilizing the streaming platform, including the quality to artifact them from broadcasting entirely. Parental controls are present disposable that let guardians to nexus Twitch accounts with their 13- to 17-year-old children, providing relationship absorption features and a play email summarizing their teen's activity, including channels and hours watched.

The controls tin beryllium utilized to forestall teens from livestreaming their ain contented and disabling Whispers, Twitch's backstage messaging feature. This includes blocking minors from sending oregon receiving DMs. Parents tin besides acceptable flexible regular t …

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