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The Army could block you on Twitch for asking about war crimes, and that could be a violation of free-speech laws – Business Insider Australia
As it looks away from conventional recruitment methods such as billboards and TV spots, the Army is now streaming video games – and providing plenty of potential for critics of the US military to engage in a dialogue directly.
- The US Army has launched a Twitch channel as a means of recruitment, and the streams have opened a dialogue between the military and civilians.
- But the dialogue has mostly been “How do you feel about war crimes?”
- After viewers mentioned US wars and events such as My Lai, Haditha, and Abu Ghraib, the Army started blocking commenters on its Twitch channel.
- Some civil-rights lawyers say the Army’s blocking of commenters in the Twitch chat may have viola…
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