US Army eSports team accused of violating First Amendment Act: Report

US Army Esports team is guilty of a violation of  First Amendment, according to Vera Eidelman, a staff attorney for ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Techlogy Project. As reported by Vice,  US Army Esports team, which regularly does streaming sessions on Twitch, banned several people from its channel for asking questions about US war crimes. While speaking to publication house, Eidelman said US government or a government organisation cant pick and choose what comments it allows on a public forum, which is a clear violation of First Amendment's free speech protections.  staff attorney also claimed re's a recent history of "case law" to back accusation.

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US Army Esports Twitch, Discord handles ban people for "uncomfortable questions"

Anunced in 2018, US Army Esports team consists of professional gamer who are eir active to reserve personnel. main nda of Esports team was generally to increase appeal of defence forces in front of youth in order to boost its annual recruitment. However, since June 2020, team has repeatedly embroiled itself in numerous controversies surrounding attempts to suppress  uncomfortable questions. It quickly turned into a game for viewers to see how fast can one get banned from ir Twitch or Discord channel by asking edgy questions. 

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From linking  Wikipedia p for war crimes committed by United States to bombarding comment section with anti-army jokes or memes, users have used multiple techniques to rile up  US Army Esports into banning m. Activist Jordan Uhl, runs his own Twitch stream, told Vice: "It is interesting that ( Army is) being aggressive with removing any incidences of US war crimes (from ir Twitch/Discord channels) in what is essentially a recruiting tool for military.” While Uhl understands its simple trolling by users, he still feels enrd that Army is recruiting on Twitch. 

Uhl concludes stating if US Army is looking to exploit "modern tools and platforms" that are widely used by younger generation today, kids should at least have right to what military is all about and what it has done in past. 

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(Im Credits: US Army Esports Twitter Handle)