Uhl.Īn Army spokeswoman, Kelli Bland, said users were banned because their comments constituted harassment, which would violate the terms of service of Twitch, which is owned by Amazon. “When the government intentionally opens a space to the public at large for expressive activity, it has created a ‘public forum’ under the First Amendment, and it cannot constitutionally bar speakers from that forum based on viewpoint,” the institute wrote in a letter Wednesday to Army and Navy recruiting officers on behalf of Mr. Uhl and 300 others who have made similar comments in the past few weeks. In a letter sent to Army and Navy recruiting officers Wednesday, the Knight First Amendment Institute demanded that the military branches’ channels change their moderation policies and restore access for Mr. Now, facing criticism from First Amendment advocacy groups who say the ban is unconstitutional, the Army said Wednesday it would pause streaming on Twitch to “review internal policies and procedures, as well as all platform-specific policies.”
A video showed him being banned from the chat, and one of the streamers said, “have a nice time getting banned, my dude.” Uhl, a 32-year-old activist, then posted a Wikipedia link to a list of war crimes committed by the U.S. w4r cr1me?” Jordan Uhl asked in a chat on the Army Twitch channel on July 8, substituting numbers for letters to get around the channel’s moderation settings. It’s an outreach and recruitment effort - and the military service members also chat with viewers about life in the armed forces. Army and Navy esports Twitch channels, members of the military livestream themselves playing video games such as Call of Duty, Fortnite and League of Legends for an audience of thousands.
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