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How Patreon coverage advanced in 2021
The Coverage Workforce was busy final yr updating the policymaking course of and the Neighborhood Pointers. And whereas we’re excited to share what’s on the horizon with all of you (don’t neglect to tune into our coverage livestream arising on February 8), let’s first mirror on final yr’s coverage progress, which was formed largely by creator suggestions.
Pushed by creator suggestions, we began the Creator Coverage Engagement Program (CPEP) to offer you a voice in constructing Patreon coverage with us. CPEP’s aim is to make sure that our policymaking is creator-friendly, inclusive, and clear.
Every quarter, the Coverage Workforce proposes updates for creator consideration. Creators weigh in by way of livestreams, Discord Q&As, one-on-one workplace hours, or by emailing the Coverage Workforce. We then incorporate creator suggestions and share the way it influenced Patreon’s finalized insurance policies.
Key coverage points in 2021
- Empowering these with previous prison convictions by enabling them to create on Patreon;
- Protecting teen creators protected from any lively solicitation, grooming, or exploitation for sexual functions;
- Defending creators from fraud by banning extreme or fraudulent patron chargebacks;
- Delivering grownup/18+ coverage programming by focusing a quarterly coverage livestream on grownup content material;
- Creating a template in 19 languages for grownup/18+ creators to seize the consent of contributors of their work.
For a complete look into final yr’s coverage updates, take a look at the recordings from the Q2, Q3, and This autumn livestreams.
We ended 2021 by asking you ways we may make the Creator Coverage Engagement Program even higher. Together with requests for continued transparency, you additionally requested for methods to advocate for legal guidelines and laws impacting the creator financial system. We’ve been working laborious to ship on these concepts, and have some thrilling plans (and new faces!) to introduce very quickly.