The civil liberties groups argued that a government agency such as the US Army, banning people on an online public forum, is in violation of free speech laws. He was barred from watching the rest of the US Army stream, but not before the military gamer - Joshua ‘Strotnium’ David, a Green Beret and 12-year army veteran - told Uhl: “Have a nice time getting banned, my dude,”īans served to Uhl and several others brought the issue to the notice of legal organisations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Knight First Amendment Institute. Political advocate, Jordan Uhl posted a link to the Wikipedia page for US war crimes in the chat.
The moderators on the US Army channel responded by banning them. Just having a good time with the US Army esports twitch stream /qnjyxg1KP0 Gallagher is a former Navy SEAL who was found guilty of inappropriately posing for a photograph with an enemy corpse in the war zone. In the Navy chat, the name “Eddie Gallagher” became a banned term. Twitch users in the chat began ‘trolling’ the US Army streamers by asking about the military’s “war crimes”. That is not the point of this.”Ī few days later, Vice website’s Matthew Gault discovered Navy Recruiting Command Twitch Guide for Streamers - a handbook that says, “Everything done on social media should be aimed at making connections between prospects and recruiters.” Guidelines include “talk about the excitement of your Navy career” and “ban trolls.” Like, literally, we’re not here to recruit. Amid growing allegations that video games are being used as a recruiting tool, Machinist’s Mate-ranked Andrew Crosswhite said during a US Navy live stream: “We’re here to show that we like video games too.