Twitch To Ban Gambling Sites After Streamers Threatened To Strike

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"The device is designed for people who have a certain IPD (interpupillary distance) range, how far apart your eyes [are]. And different things like the weighting of the device are designed for people who have a certain amount of neck strength, for example. So not small kids, but at least people in their teens and adults. Those are things that I think will have to be overcome before you design even just hardware that I think really makes sense for younger kids to be wearing for an extended period of time," Zuckerberg said.

VR isn't vetted for young kids (yet) Is VR even safe for younger kids? We don't really know, and Facebook is punting on the issue. But Zuckerberg also points to how the Quest 2 headset isn't weighted or optically aligned for smaller heads and eyes. 

'I'm going to keep on bouncing around. I've been here on this alternative sound for, like, two full years, which has never really happened before...But I think that I'm probably not going to release any music for a while,' she said.

And let's talk about content: There are plenty of Oculus games that are full of graphic violence or horror and are rated for adults only. Plus, there's a full web browser that has no content filter settings. You could literally view anything (including VR and 360-degree video content, some of which is definitely only for adults.) The new parental controls help with this as far as app-blocking goes, at least, but it's not necessarily intuitive.

Safety: You could trip, or hit something or someone VR is a high-motion situation where games ask for lots of movement and hand-swinging. Setting up a boundary for your VR play, called a Guardian, happens when you turn on the headset. This boundary-setup process recognizes if there are obstacles in the way, and shows you them in black-and-white using the Quest's passthrough cameras. But after that, there's no sense of where obstacles might be. The Quest 2 doesn't have collision-detection or object-avoidance awareness like a car or a robot might, so you could hit someone in the room by accident, break a lamp, trip over someone or something or, even worse, punch your hand into a wall. I set up my play areas very carefully with plenty of extra room near walls, and I stay away from others. Kids likely won't be so careful. 

In a statement, Twitch said it would no longer allow the "streaming of gambling sites that include slots, roulette, or dice games." That list of sites is currently limited to Stake.com, Rollbit.com, Duelbits.com and Roobet.com but could expand as Twitch continues to investigate. The ban is set to go into effect on Oct. 18. 

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She explained that the baby is legally still Wolf Webster: 'His name is still Wolf, his passport is Wolf, but that isn't gonna be his name. We're just waiting and simmering. We don't call him Wolf,' she said.

"Gambling content on Twitch has been a big topic of discussion in the community, and something we've been actively reviewing since our last policy update in this area," Twitch said. "While we prohibit sharing links or referral codes to all sites that include slots, roulette or dice games, we've seen some people circumvent those rules and expose our community to potential harm."

On Thursday's episode of their reality show, four-year-old True is heard chatting to her mother Khloe shortly after she welcomed a new baby boy via surrogate, with True referring to her baby brother as 'Snowy'.

Twitch said Tuesday it will remove high-profile gambling sites from the Amazon-owned streaming platform after a number of high-profile streamers like Pokimane, Mizkif and Devin Nash threatened a boycott of Twitch during peak traffic periods.

Spill the beans? On Thursday's episode of their reality show, four-year-old True is heard chatting to her mother Khloe, with True referring to her baby brother as 'Snowy - fans think she confused the tot with Kylie's baby 

Gambling has long been an issue on Twitch. Many streamers openly promote gambling sites to their young audiences. Earlier this week, a streamer named Sliker admitted to scamming over $200,000 to fund a gambling addiction that began with Sliker using Counter-Strike "skins" to place bets. Since skins -- in-game outfits, essentially -- have monetary value, many third-party sites allow users to place bets on professional Counter Strike matches using these skins.