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US Military may have violated the 1A when it banned twitch viewers for asking questions about american war crimes
The straw that broke the camel’s back
https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1280998004368031744
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dz58z/us-army-esports-team-may-have-violated-the-first-amendment-on-twitch
"It imposes an unconstitutional restriction on their participation in a designated public forum" - from the case against Trump for blocking twitter users
HISTORY: The US military has a presence in 26 sports, dating back to 1948, 72 years ago.
Not all are integrated into civilian sector, but the ones that are can be considered a PR arm
https://armedforcessports.defense.gov/
In 1999 they did a 5 year PR test on motorsports
https://www.athleticbusiness.com/military/attention.html
In 2012 they came under attack for sponsoring UFC because of rampant sexism in the sport
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/12/19/marine-corps-ends-ufc-sponsorship.html
But they were allowed to continue in other fields
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nascar/news/3886038-nascar-military-sponsorships-congress-bill-us-army-national-guard-ryan-newman
They sponsor a metric fton of sports teams/players:
NASCAR/IndyCar/NHRA
Cloud9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e2m3s7dUk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlKnKoXuLc&feature=youtu.be&t=85
Esports are sports, but the interaction is considerably different:
It should be noted that the US Army has had a presence on YT since 2006 and ABSOLUTELY has banned users and removed comments that didn’t suit the pro-military narrative and eventually disabled all comments, but has kept ratings (other services have comments enabled)
https://www.youtube.com/soldiersmediacenter/about
AOC introduced a measure to stop the military from recruiting on twitch
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/889vbv/aoc-introduces-measure-to-stop-the-military-from-recruiting-on-twitch
https://rules.house.gov/bill/116/hr-7617
“Prohibits the use of funds for military recruitment via video gaming and e-sports platforms.”
It certainly doesn’t help that they were using shady bait-and-switch tactics in giveaways
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/17/21328130/us-army-twitch-esports-gaming-recruitment-fake-prize-giveaway
The US Army is going to stand down from Twitch for the time being
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/23/us-military-tactically-withdraws-from-game-streaming-site-twitch
Logic - where your sub dollars are really going
Twitch signs 7 figure deal with rapper/gamer Logic for exclusive streaming rights
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53483491
This marks Twitch’s FIRST exclusive deal with a musician, who is retiring from music
“Logic said the site was the "safest way possible" to interact with fans.
Twitch was recently accused of not doing enough about abuse claims, as well as not banning streamers who used racist or homophobic language.”
This came merely days after he announced his retirement from music
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9423792/logic-no-pressure-interview-retirement
Today (24Jul20) he’s dropping his final album
“It’s been a great decade, now it’s to be a great father,”
Almost hits 100k on his first stream https://sullygnome.com/channel/logic/30
https://www.twitch.tv/logic
G4 RETURNS AS G40
https://twitter.com/G4TV/status/1286705200506343424
Hosts tweet in recognition of return, but nothing further
https://twitter.com/oliviamunn/status/1286709951289626624
https://twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1286724519172792320
What happened to G4?
VENN
https://www.venn.tv/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaN9jVrVf_w
Another 24/7 network who has officially announced they will be streaming all their shows
Sushi Dragon, Emily Mei, Sasha Grey and others
Solid list of investors
https://www.sportsvideo.org/2019/09/20/esports-ariel-horn-ben-kusin-establish-venn-gaming-network-to-launch-in-2020/
Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games
Mike Morhaime, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
Amy Morhaime, former head of global esports, Blizzard Entertainment
Kevin Lin, co-founder of Twitch
Will launch on Twitch/YT/FB/Twitter on August 5th
Halo Infinite looks pgood but also doesn’t look good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=523&v=HZtc5-syeAk&feature=emb_title
Coming to XBOXSXSXXX and PC
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240440/Halo_Infinite/
Canadian CDC recommends..
http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/prevention-risks/covid-19-and-sex