Pump.fun Completely reboots user live streaming with new protections

Pump.fun has reopened livestreams today for all users. The platform is currently implementing proactive protective measures and imposing strict rules about violence, criminal behavior, and other actions.

Although livestreams helped Pump.fun become famous, it quickly developed in a negative direction. Livestreamers manipulated the market, threatened violence, and led to tragic consequences.

Pump.fun Reopens Livestream with New Regulations

Pump.fun, a meme coin launch platform, has been the center of some controversies. However, the platform remains very popular and is now trying to restart one of the features that made its name.

After a few months of suspension, Pump.fun has completely reopened livestreams for all platform users:

"Livestreams on Pump.fun have been deployed for 100% of users with industry-standard moderation systems and clear guidelines. If you are a creator and need support, message us," the platform stated in its official announcement.

Livestreams on Pump.fun might be the most controversial feature in the platform's history. The function was initially created to help meme coin creators promote their tokens, but it quickly faced fierce reactions.

Token promoters used livestreams to sell completely fraudulent scams and engage in market manipulation. However, these were not the worst behaviors.

When Pump.fun livestreams became uncontrolled, scammers performed dangerous and illegal actions to gain popularity. Pornographic content and other illegal activities were just the beginning of further escalation. The worst livestreamers demanded users buy their tokens or threatened violent actions.

These threats included animal abuse, self-harm, and suicide. Fortunately, no one carried out the most extreme threats. Pump.fun closed its livestreams in November last year after a user named "Beni" threatened to perform a fake suicide.

Reputation Continues to Be Affected Despite Platform Closure

Unfortunately, ending the service did not prevent subsequent incidents. In February, after the livestream service was closed, a user "MistaFuccYou" livestreamed his actual suicide on another platform.

Before ending his life, he encouraged viewers to create meme coins in his name. Dozens of these quickly appeared on Pump.fun, further damaging its reputation.

This sad incident attracted widespread attention from mainstream media and might have caused Pump.fun's livestream service to remain closed longer. However, now it is ready to try again.

Earlier this week, it quietly deployed this feature for 5% of users, including new strict content guidelines. Today, it has been fully restarted for 100% of users.

Positively, the platform's new livestream moderation rules are much stricter, with eight banned categories. These categories include violence, harassment, pornographic content, and some types of illegal activities.

Users violating the policy may have livestream privileges revoked, accounts disabled, and content reported to law enforcement if necessary.

So far, this implementation has received positive feedback from the community. Livestreams helped Pump.fun become famous, and it's unfortunate that bad actors ruined it for everyone.

Hopefully, these new regulations can maintain a fun and light environment, avoiding both clean "pump and dump" schemes and these dark criminal actions.