But trolls and activists have bombarded the Army’s esports team chat channel and Twitch streams with references to wartime atrocities committed by the United States. About 300 of those Twitch users have been banned, the Army said. On June 1, the Army esports team responded to the chat app Discord on Twitter with heart emoji and uWu, an emoticon used to express happiness or defiance. AD“The Army eSports Team does not regulate viewpoints of participants on its social media forums,” Ferguson said. “The Army may reasonably regulate the time, place and manner of discussions on its recruiting social media sites.

Source: Washington Post July 20, 2020 20:01 UTC