The amendment, which needs to be agreed upon by other members of the House, would prevent funds from being used to 'maintain a presence on Twitch.com or any video game, esports or live-streaming platform.'
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez filed a draft amendment to the House Appropriations bill for fiscal 2021 that would bar the U.S. military from streaming video games for the purposes of recruiting, according to Vice, a move that follows a growing list of controversies stemming from its presence on Twitch.... [+]
borough of New York City. Ocasio-Cortez is running for re-election in the 14th congressional district against Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC anchor. The amendment, which needs to be agreed upon by other members of the House, would prevent funds from being used to"maintain a presence on Twitch.com or any video game, esports or live-streaming platform."
The Air Force, Army and Navy all have esports teams with members streaming to Twitch, giving them direct access to a young male audience to sell them on joining the military. The practice has recently come under scrutiny when it was discovered that the Army was using a faux giveaway to redirect viewers to a recruitment form—Twitch forced the Army to stop.
Additionally, after a viewer, Jordan Uhl, was banned from the Army and Navy Twitch channels after asking about U.S. war crimes, lawyers from the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University wrote a letterThe lawyers cited their successful lawsuit to stop President Trump
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