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      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_definition_live_stream",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Rules.content",
      "summary": "Twitch allows you to distribute streaming live and pre-recorded audio-visual works; to use services, such as chat, bulletin boards, forum postings, wiki contributions, and voice interactive services; and to participate in other activities in which you may create, post, transmit, perform, or store content, messages, text, sound, images, applications, code, or other data or materials on the Twitch Services.",
      "body": "Twitch allows you to distribute streaming live and pre-recorded audio-visual works; to use services, such as chat, bulletin boards, forum postings, wiki contributions, and voice interactive services; and to participate in other activities in which you may create, post, transmit, perform, or store content, messages, text, sound, images, applications, code, or other data or materials on the Twitch Services.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“Twitch allows you to distribute streaming live and pre-recorded audio-visual works; to use services, such as chat, bulletin boards, forum postings, wiki contributions, and voice interactive services; and to participate in other activities in which you may create, post, transmit, perform, or store content, messages, text, sound, images, applications, code, or other data or materials on the Twitch Services (\"User Content\"). By live streaming or otherwise making User Content available on Twitch, you are directing Twitch to also cache and/or store your User Content and every individual piece of it (such as each video clip, audio segment, image, or text). You are also directing Twitch to use any automated tools enabled on your account to generate and store additional content for you, which is also your User Content.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/terms-of-service",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "Twitch allows you to distribute streaming live and pre-recorded audio-visual works; to use services, such as chat, bulletin boards, forum postings, wiki contributions, and voice interactive services; and to participate in other activities in which you may create, post, transmit, perform, or store content, messages, text, sound, images, applications, code, or other data or materials on the Twitch Services (\"User Content\"). By live streaming or otherwise making User Content available on Twitch, you are directing Twitch to also cache and/or store your User Content and every individual piece of it (such as each video clip, audio segment, image, or text). You are also directing Twitch to use any automated tools enabled on your account to generate and store additional content for you, which is also your User Content.",
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      "subject": "Twitch",
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      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_payment_bits_revenue",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Money.fees",
      "summary": "You may receive a fee from us relating to Bits that are used by a viewer to cheer for you on your Twitch Channel through chat or other means.",
      "body": "You may receive a fee from us relating to Bits that are used by a viewer to cheer for you on your Twitch Channel through chat or other means.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“4.1. Bits. You may receive a fee from us relating to Bits that are used by a viewer to cheer for you on your Twitch Channel through chat or other means. \"Bit(s)\" means digital content that allows Twitch Services users to celebrate moments and express appreciation for streamers using the \"cheering\" feature on the Twitch Services, as may be made available by Twitch in its sole discretion. To receive any revenue in connection with Bits, you must comply with the Bits Acceptable Use Policy, including its restrictions on solicitation of Bits (which terms are incorporated herein).”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/monetized-streamer-agreement",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "4.1. Bits. You may receive a fee from us relating to Bits that are used by a viewer to cheer for you on your Twitch Channel through chat or other means. \"Bit(s)\" means digital content that allows Twitch Services users to celebrate moments and express appreciation for streamers using the \"cheering\" feature on the Twitch Services, as may be made available by Twitch in its sole discretion. To receive any revenue in connection with Bits, you must comply with the Bits Acceptable Use Policy, including its restrictions on solicitation of Bits (which terms are incorporated herein).",
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      "subject": "Twitch",
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      }
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      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_payment_subscriptions_revenue",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Money.fees",
      "summary": "You may receive a fee equal to the percentage set forth in your dashboard of Net Revenue from paid or gifted Channel Subscriptions.",
      "body": "You may receive a fee equal to the percentage set forth in your dashboard of Net Revenue from paid or gifted Channel Subscriptions.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“4.2. Channel Subscriptions. You may receive a fee equal to the percentage set forth in your dashboard of Net Revenue from paid or gifted Channel Subscriptions. As a participant in the Program, you may use the Twitch Services to offer subscriptions to your Twitch Channel (\"Channel Subscription(s)\"). You will decide, in your sole discretion, but at all times subject to the Terms of Service, the benefits that will be offered as part of any Channel Subscription package, which may include features that Twitch may make available to you (e.g., emote slots, badge slots, sub-only chat mode, etc.). Subscription product offerings, including tiered and bundled subscription offerings, rates, and subscription tokens for Channel Subscriptions, will be determined by Twitch in its sole discretion and in accordance with applicable law. Twitch has the sole right to collect all Channel Subscription revenue. Fees you receive for Channel Subscriptions will be subject to the type of offering, which may include discounts, promotions, and local pricing.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/monetized-streamer-agreement",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "4.2. Channel Subscriptions. You may receive a fee equal to the percentage set forth in your dashboard of Net Revenue from paid or gifted Channel Subscriptions. As a participant in the Program, you may use the Twitch Services to offer subscriptions to your Twitch Channel (\"Channel Subscription(s)\"). You will decide, in your sole discretion, but at all times subject to the Terms of Service, the benefits that will be offered as part of any Channel Subscription package, which may include features that Twitch may make available to you (e.g., emote slots, badge slots, sub-only chat mode, etc.). Subscription product offerings, including tiered and bundled subscription offerings, rates, and subscription tokens for Channel Subscriptions, will be determined by Twitch in its sole discretion and in accordance with applicable law. Twitch has the sole right to collect all Channel Subscription revenue. Fees you receive for Channel Subscriptions will be subject to the type of offering, which may include discounts, promotions, and local pricing.",
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      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_payment_ads_revenue",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Money.fees",
      "summary": "You may receive a fee equal to the percentage set forth in your dashboard of Net Revenue for Advertisements displayed or broadcast on your Twitch Channel during your livestreaming performance, in connection with User Content, or on your Twitch Channel.",
      "body": "You may receive a fee equal to the percentage set forth in your dashboard of Net Revenue for Advertisements displayed or broadcast on your Twitch Channel during your livestreaming performance, in connection with User Content, or on your Twitch Channel.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“4.3. Advertisements. You may receive a fee equal to the percentage set forth in your dashboard of Net Revenue for Advertisements displayed or broadcast on your Twitch Channel during your livestreaming performance, in connection with User Content, or on your Twitch Channel. Twitch is not obligated to display any Advertisements on your Twitch Channel and may determine the type and format of all Advertisements on the Twitch Services. \"Advertisements\" means any advertisements of any nature sold, served, or displayed in connection with the Twitch Services by Twitch or any of its affiliates, agents, or vendors.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/monetized-streamer-agreement",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "4.3. Advertisements. You may receive a fee equal to the percentage set forth in your dashboard of Net Revenue for Advertisements displayed or broadcast on your Twitch Channel during your livestreaming performance, in connection with User Content, or on your Twitch Channel. Twitch is not obligated to display any Advertisements on your Twitch Channel and may determine the type and format of all Advertisements on the Twitch Services. \"Advertisements\" means any advertisements of any nature sold, served, or displayed in connection with the Twitch Services by Twitch or any of its affiliates, agents, or vendors.",
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        "region": [
          "us"
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        "platform": "twitch",
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        "explicitness": "any"
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      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_payment_payout_terms",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Money.payout",
      "summary": "Program Fees payable by Twitch to you will be paid to you on a monthly basis, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar month, and in United States Dollars, unless otherwise indicated by the payment service.",
      "body": "Program Fees payable by Twitch to you will be paid to you on a monthly basis, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar month, and in United States Dollars, unless otherwise indicated by the payment service.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“5.1. Payment Terms. Program Fees payable by Twitch to you will be paid to you on a monthly basis, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar month, and in United States Dollars, unless otherwise indicated by the payment service. \"Net Revenue\" means all revenue actually received by Twitch for which you may receive a share in connection with your Twitch Channel, less any (a) billing or platform fees, licensing costs and fees, Advertisements costs of sales, and any other costs and fees of any kind incurred in connection with providing and marketing the Twitch Services; (b) taxes, returns, refunds, chargebacks, discounts, currency exchange fees in connection with your chosen payment method, bad debt, and any other applicable credits; and © bank and transaction fees associated with your chosen payment option.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/monetized-streamer-agreement",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "5.1. Payment Terms. Program Fees payable by Twitch to you will be paid to you on a monthly basis, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar month, and in United States Dollars, unless otherwise indicated by the payment service. \"Net Revenue\" means all revenue actually received by Twitch for which you may receive a share in connection with your Twitch Channel, less any (a) billing or platform fees, licensing costs and fees, Advertisements costs of sales, and any other costs and fees of any kind incurred in connection with providing and marketing the Twitch Services; (b) taxes, returns, refunds, chargebacks, discounts, currency exchange fees in connection with your chosen payment method, bad debt, and any other applicable credits; and © bank and transaction fees associated with your chosen payment option.",
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        "lane": "streaming",
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        "platform": "twitch",
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          "money.payout"
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_payment_payout_threshold",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Money.payout",
      "summary": "Until the payment threshold noted on your dashboard (the \"Payment Threshold\") has been reached, you will have no claim on such accruals, and Twitch will not be obligated to make a payment to you.",
      "body": "Until the payment threshold noted on your dashboard (the \"Payment Threshold\") has been reached, you will have no claim on such accruals, and Twitch will not be obligated to make a payment to you.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“Further, until the payment threshold noted on your dashboard (the \"Payment Threshold\") has been reached, you will have no claim on such accruals, and Twitch will not be obligated to make a payment to you. The Payment Threshold indicated on your dashboard is hereby incorporated into this Agreement.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/monetized-streamer-agreement",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "Further, until the payment threshold noted on your dashboard (the \"Payment Threshold\") has been reached, you will have no claim on such accruals, and Twitch will not be obligated to make a payment to you. The Payment Threshold indicated on your dashboard is hereby incorporated into this Agreement.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "Twitch",
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      "applies_to_country": "*",
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        "stage": "running",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "twitch",
        "topic": [
          "money.payout"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_payment_payout_method",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Money.payout",
      "summary": "We will pay you any eligible Program Fees via a payment method you choose from the payment options we make available for the Program.",
      "body": "We will pay you any eligible Program Fees via a payment method you choose from the payment options we make available for the Program.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“We will pay you any eligible Program Fees via a payment method you choose from the payment options we make available for the Program. To ensure proper payment, you are responsible for providing and maintaining accurate contact and payment information through the Twitch Services. Any changes to your contact and payment information will not be effective until at least 15 business days after submission to us.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/monetized-streamer-agreement",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "We will pay you any eligible Program Fees via a payment method you choose from the payment options we make available for the Program. To ensure proper payment, you are responsible for providing and maintaining accurate contact and payment information through the Twitch Services. Any changes to your contact and payment information will not be effective until at least 15 business days after submission to us.",
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      "subject": "Twitch",
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        "platform": "twitch",
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
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      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_access_age_verification",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Access.id",
      "summary": "You promise us that you are at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required where you live if it is older than 13), that you have not previously been removed from Twitch, and that you are not legally prohibited from using Twitch.",
      "body": "You promise us that you are at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required where you live if it is older than 13), that you have not previously been removed from Twitch, and that you are not legally prohibited from using Twitch.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“You promise us that you are at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required where you live if it is older than 13), that you have not previously been removed from Twitch, and that you are not legally prohibited from using Twitch.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/terms-of-service",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "You promise us that you are at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required where you live if it is older than 13), that you have not previously been removed from Twitch, and that you are not legally prohibited from using Twitch.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "Twitch",
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        "region": [
          "us"
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        "platform": "twitch",
        "topic": [
          "access.id"
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        "explicitness": "any"
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    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_access_age_verification_details",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Access.id",
      "summary": "The Twitch Services are not available to persons under the age of 13, the age of 16 in Australia, or the minimum age required for use of the Twitch Services in your jurisdiction of residence if that age is older than 13 (the \"Minimum Age\").",
      "body": "The Twitch Services are not available to persons under the age of 13, the age of 16 in Australia, or the minimum age required for use of the Twitch Services in your jurisdiction of residence if that age is older than 13 (the \"Minimum Age\").\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“The Twitch Services are not available to persons under the age of 13, the age of 16 in Australia, or the minimum age required for use of the Twitch Services in your jurisdiction of residence if that age is older than 13 (the \"Minimum Age\"). If you are between the Minimum Age and the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction of residence, you may only use the Twitch Services under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Service.”",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Twitch Interactive, Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "The Twitch Services are not available to persons under the age of 13, the age of 16 in Australia, or the minimum age required for use of the Twitch Services in your jurisdiction of residence if that age is older than 13 (the \"Minimum Age\"). If you are between the Minimum Age and the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction of residence, you may only use the Twitch Services under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Service.",
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      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_rules_prohibited_conduct",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Rules.content",
      "summary": "You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: create, upload, transmit, distribute, or store any content that is inaccurate, unlawful, infringing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.",
      "body": "You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: create, upload, transmit, distribute, or store any content that is inaccurate, unlawful, infringing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: i. create, upload, transmit, distribute, or store any content that is inaccurate, unlawful, infringing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable;”",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
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      "evidence_quote": "You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: i. create, upload, transmit, distribute, or store any content that is inaccurate, unlawful, infringing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable;",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_rules_prohibited_conduct_continued",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Rules.content",
      "summary": "You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: impersonate any person or entity; falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity; access the Twitch Services accounts of others without permission; forge another person's digital signature; misrepresent the source, identity, or content of information transmitted via the Twitch Services; or perform any other similar fraudulent activity.",
      "body": "You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: impersonate any person or entity; falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity; access the Twitch Services accounts of others without permission; forge another person's digital signature; misrepresent the source, identity, or content of information transmitted via the Twitch Services; or perform any other similar fraudulent activity.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“ii. impersonate any person or entity; falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity; access the Twitch Services accounts of others without permission; forge another person's digital signature; misrepresent the source, identity, or content of information transmitted via the Twitch Services; or perform any other similar fraudulent activity;”",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
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      "evidence_quote": "ii. impersonate any person or entity; falsely claim an affiliation with any person or entity; access the Twitch Services accounts of others without permission; forge another person's digital signature; misrepresent the source, identity, or content of information transmitted via the Twitch Services; or perform any other similar fraudulent activity;",
      "volatility": "medium",
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        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_twitch_rules_spam_prohibited",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Twitch: Rules.content",
      "summary": "You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: send junk mail or spam to users of the Twitch Services, including without limitation unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other solicitation material; bulk mailing of commercial advertising, chain mail, informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for signatures, or any of the preceding things related to promotional giveaways (such as raffles and contests); and other similar activities.",
      "body": "You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: send junk mail or spam to users of the Twitch Services, including without limitation unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other solicitation material; bulk mailing of commercial advertising, chain mail, informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for signatures, or any of the preceding things related to promotional giveaways (such as raffles and contests); and other similar activities.\n\nWhat Twitch Interactive, Inc. actually says:\n\n“iii. send junk mail or spam to users of the Twitch Services, including without limitation unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other solicitation material; bulk mailing of commercial advertising, chain mail, informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for signatures, or any of the preceding things related to promotional giveaways (such as raffles and contests); and other similar activities;”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/terms-of-service",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
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      "summary": "You agree that you will comply with these Terms of Service and Twitch's Community Guidelines and will not: delete, remove, circumvent, disable, damage, or otherwise interfere with (a) security-related features of the Twitch Services or User Content, (b) features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content accessible through the Twitch Services, (c) features that enforce limitations on the use of the Twitch Services or User Content, or (d) the copyright or other proprietary rights notices on the Twitch Services or User Content.",
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      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "YouTube: Rules.content",
      "summary": "The Service allows you to discover, watch and share videos and other content, provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe, and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.",
      "body": "The Service allows you to discover, watch and share videos and other content, provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe, and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.\n\nWhat Google LLC actually says:\n\n“Our Service\nThe Service allows you to discover, watch and share videos and other content, provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe, and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. We provide lots of information about our products and how to use them in our Help Center. Among other things, you can find out about YouTube Kids, the YouTube Partner Program and YouTube Paid Memberships and Purchases (where available). You can also read all about enjoying content on other devices like your television, your games console, or Google Home.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Google LLC",
      "evidence_quote": "Our Service\nThe Service allows you to discover, watch and share videos and other content, provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe, and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. We provide lots of information about our products and how to use them in our Help Center. Among other things, you can find out about YouTube Kids, the YouTube Partner Program and YouTube Paid Memberships and Purchases (where available). You can also read all about enjoying content on other devices like your television, your games console, or Google Home.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "926-live-streaming-what-it-is",
      "subject": "YouTube",
      "topic": "Rules.content",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "streaming",
        "stage": "running",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "youtube",
        "topic": [
          "rules.content"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_youtube_access_age_verification",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "YouTube: Access.id",
      "summary": "You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service; however, children of all ages may use the Service and YouTube Kids (where available) if enabled by a parent or legal guardian.",
      "body": "You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service; however, children of all ages may use the Service and YouTube Kids (where available) if enabled by a parent or legal guardian.\n\nWhat Google LLC actually says:\n\n“Age Requirements\nYou must be at least 13 years old to use the Service; however, children of all ages may use the Service and YouTube Kids (where available) if enabled by a parent or legal guardian.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Google LLC",
      "evidence_quote": "Age Requirements\nYou must be at least 13 years old to use the Service; however, children of all ages may use the Service and YouTube Kids (where available) if enabled by a parent or legal guardian.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "926-live-streaming-what-it-is",
      "subject": "YouTube",
      "topic": "Access.id",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "streaming",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "youtube",
        "topic": [
          "access.id"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_youtube_access_parental_permission",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "YouTube: Access.id",
      "summary": "If you are under 18, you represent that you have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Service.",
      "body": "If you are under 18, you represent that you have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Service.\n\nWhat Google LLC actually says:\n\n“Permission by Parent or Guardian\nIf you are under 18, you represent that you have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Service. Please have them read this Agreement with you.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Google LLC",
      "evidence_quote": "Permission by Parent or Guardian\nIf you are under 18, you represent that you have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Service. Please have them read this Agreement with you.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "926-live-streaming-what-it-is",
      "subject": "YouTube",
      "topic": "Access.id",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "streaming",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "youtube",
        "topic": [
          "access.id"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_youtube_monetization_right_to_monetize",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "YouTube: Money.fees",
      "summary": "You grant to YouTube the right to monetize your Content on the Service (and such monetization may include displaying ads on or within Content or charging users a fee for access).",
      "body": "You grant to YouTube the right to monetize your Content on the Service (and such monetization may include displaying ads on or within Content or charging users a fee for access).\n\nWhat Google LLC actually says:\n\n“Rights you Grant\nLicense to YouTube\nBy providing Content to the Service, you grant to YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use that Content (including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works, display and perform it) in connection with the Service and YouTube's (and its successors' and Affiliates') business, including for the purpose of promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service.\n\nRight to Monetize\nYou grant to YouTube the right to monetize your Content on the Service (and such monetization may include displaying ads on or within Content or charging users a fee for access). This Agreement does not entitle you to any payments. Starting November 18, 2020, any payments you may be entitled to receive from YouTube under any other agreement between you and YouTube (including for example payments under the YouTube Partner Program, Channel memberships or Super Chat) will be treated as royalties. If required by law, Google will withhold taxes from such payments.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Google LLC",
      "evidence_quote": "Rights you Grant\nLicense to YouTube\nBy providing Content to the Service, you grant to YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use that Content (including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works, display and perform it) in connection with the Service and YouTube's (and its successors' and Affiliates') business, including for the purpose of promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service.\n\nRight to Monetize\nYou grant to YouTube the right to monetize your Content on the Service (and such monetization may include displaying ads on or within Content or charging users a fee for access). This Agreement does not entitle you to any payments. Starting November 18, 2020, any payments you may be entitled to receive from YouTube under any other agreement between you and YouTube (including for example payments under the YouTube Partner Program, Channel memberships or Super Chat) will be treated as royalties. If required by law, Google will withhold taxes from such payments.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "926-live-streaming-what-it-is",
      "subject": "YouTube",
      "topic": "Money.fees",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "streaming",
        "stage": "running",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "youtube",
        "topic": [
          "money.fees"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r926_live_streaming_what_it_is_rumble_access_age_verification",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "Rumble: Access.id",
      "summary": "You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required where you live if it is older than 13), that you have not previously been removed from Rumble, and that you are not legally prohibited from using Rumble.",
      "body": "You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required where you live if it is older than 13), that you have not previously been removed from Rumble, and that you are not legally prohibited from using Rumble.\n\nWhat Rumble Inc. actually says:\n\n“Rumble”\n\nNote: Could not find specific age verification details on Rumble homepage, only confirmed the platform name and existence.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://rumble.com/",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Rumble Inc.",
      "evidence_quote": "Rumble",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "926-live-streaming-what-it-is",
      "subject": "Rumble",
      "topic": "Access.id",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "streaming",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us"
        ],
        "platform": "rumble",
        "topic": [
          "access.id"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    }
  ]
}