World News Headlines December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling 0 Twitch’s new Suspicious User Detection tool aims to stop ban evasion 0 0000 0 0 more Twitch’s new Suspicious User Detection tool aims to stop ban evasion December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found December 1, 2021 Under One Ceiling Twitch’s new Suspicious User Detection tool aims to stop ban evasion Twitch has introduced a new tool designed to detect people who create new accounts to circumvent channel bans. Called Suspicious User Detection, this new feature is intended to help combat harassment — a recurring problem on the streaming platform. “Suspicious User Detection, powered by machine learning, is here to help you identify [returning malicious] users based on a number of account signals,” Twitch wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. “By detecting and analyzing these signals, this tool will flag suspicious accounts as either ‘likely’ or ‘possible’ channel-ban evaders, so you can take action as needed.” Speaking to Mashable about these “account signals,” a Twitch spokesperson offered little elaboration, saying only that they include the suspected user’s behavior and account characteristics. Such behavior and characteristics are then compared against previously banned accounts to find potential ban evaders. Tweet may have been deleted How Twitch’s Suspicious User Detection handles these accounts differs according to its assessment of how likely it is that they’re guilty. By default, “likely” ban evaders’ messages will be blocked from appearing in chat so other viewers can’t see what they’re spewing. In contrast, “possible” ban evaders’ messages will still be shown, however the account will be flagged to the streamer and moderators, who can then choose to restrict it from the chat. Users can also choose to adjust these automatic responses, as well as manually add users or turn off Suspicious User Detection completely. SEE ALSO: What is Twitch? Everything you need to know about the livestreaming platform Unfortunately, while viewers may be shielded, streamers and moderators will still have to see every potentially hateful message regardless of how much they fiddle with the settings. A Twitch spokesperson told Mashable this is so they have the option of removing restrictions from incorrectly identified accounts, and completely banning hateful ones. “One thing to prepare for, particularly around launch, is that no machine learning will ever be 100% accurate, which means there is a possibility of false positives and false negatives,” said Twitch’s blog. “That’s why Suspicious User Detection doesn’t automatically ban all possible or likely evaders… The tool will learn from the actions you take and the accuracy of its predictions should improve over time as a result.” Assessing every potentially hateful user that shows up in your Twitch stream can be emotionally and mentally draining, particularly if there’s a high volume of them. But at least Twitch’s new tool will help quickly identify previously banned users and hopefully keep them out. Related Related posts: Everything coming to Netflix in October Liverpool bomber was refused permission for asylum appeal Behold, Oppo’s first foldable smartphone Blurry photos are cool now tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous What is Google Home? next Canada’s flood-hit western province braces for more rain
