Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
The US Army has long made use of video games in order to enlist gamers to join the army. However, a cutesy meme tweet sent by the US Army's esports account has people racing to get banned from the army's Discord and criticizing its use of memes to recruit gamers for war.
From some epic trolling, we will look into the shady ways US army tries to recruit gamers, and if this is a violation of the First Amendment.
Links:
thenation.com/article/culture/military-recruitment-twitch
theverge.com/2020/7/17/21328130/us-army-twitch-esports-gaming-recruitment-fake-prize-giveaway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre
dotesports.com/streaming/news/us-army-esports-team-potentially-violated-first-amendment-rights-by-chat-banning-twitch-viewers-asking-about-war-crimes
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Table of contents
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0:00 - Introduction
6:55 - Dirty Recruit Tactics
9:09 - Is it First Amendment Violation
The US Army has long made use of video games in order to enlist gamers to join the army. However, a cutesy meme tweet sent by the US Army's esports account has people racing to get banned from the army's Discord and criticizing its use of memes to recruit gamers for war.
From some epic trolling, we will look into the shady ways US army tries to recruit gamers, and if this is a violation of the First Amendment.
Links:
thenation.com/article/culture/military-recruitment-twitch
theverge.com/2020/7/17/21328130/us-army-twitch-esports-gaming-recruitment-fake-prize-giveaway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre
dotesports.com/streaming/news/us-army-esports-team-potentially-violated-first-amendment-rights-by-chat-banning-twitch-viewers-asking-about-war-crimes
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Table of contents
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0:00 - Introduction
6:55 - Dirty Recruit Tactics
9:09 - Is it First Amendment Violation
