US Military runs fake Twitch Contest

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TAKE A KNEE! The US Military has hit a new low while attempting to use Twitch as an armed services recruitment platform. In the COOLEST of fashions, they ran a fake contest on their own Twitch channel! Neat! It featured a clickable link to win an Xbox Elite 2 controller which aaactually just sent participants to a recruitment page, whoopsies! In response to the dubious act, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said recently that she plans to file a measure to stop the military from using games and esports to recruit people. Sure, some might be willing to give the military the benefit of the doubt… I mean, not like this is the first weird scammy thing the army’s ever done, RIGHT? Join us today on Inside Gaming and read between the lines to learn everything the government doesn’t want you to know!

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SOURCES

[The Nation] The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens https://bit.ly/30M3PhN
[Kotaku] Twitch Forces U.S. Army To Stop Tricking Viewers With Fake Giveaways https://bit.ly/30IGEov
[Twitter] @Slasher https://bit.ly/30MXtPj
[Vice] U.S. Army Esports Team May Have Violated the First Amendment on Twitch https://bit.ly/3fXYxG5
[The Washington Post] Army ban on war crime comments during Twitch stream may have violated First Amendment, lawyers say https://wapo.st/3jG0AkK
[Streamlabs] State of the Stream June/Q2 2020: Livestreaming is getting much larger and more global, non-gaming content is on the rise, and nature channels are a thing https://bit.ly/2OVnFS2
[Twitch] Easy mode for your next influencer campaign https://bit.ly/2CYeP3j
[The Guardian] Drone wars: the gamers recruited to kill – video https://bit.ly/39qrZCh
[CBS News] Army turns to video gamers for new recruits https://cbsn.ws/2D3feBw
[Vice] AOC Introduces Measure to Stop the Military from Recruiting on Twitch https://bit.ly/32RQ2ss
[Twitch] USArmyEsports https://bit.ly/30N2mI9
[Twitch] AmericasNavy https://bit.ly/3hv0udC
[Twitch] AirForceGG https://bit.ly/2OVa4uc


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