{"id":102762,"date":"2020-07-25T15:46:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T19:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=102762"},"modified":"2020-07-25T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T19:46:24","slug":"alexandria-cortez-wants-to-end-live-streaming-military-recruiting-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=102762","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Cortez Wants to End Live Streaming Military Recruiting Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_86533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86533\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-86533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-The-Maine-Wire-500x303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-The-Maine-Wire-500x303.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-The-Maine-Wire-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-The-Maine-Wire.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Photoshop or real pose? (The Maine Wirre)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alexandria Cortez wants to end the military&#8217;s live streaming recruiting efforts. She calls it &#8220;irresponsible&#8221;. If the Marines aren&#8217;t doing it, the other branches shouldn&#8217;t also being doing it. If she gets her way, the military wouldn&#8217;t be able to maintain a recruiting presence on video game, e-sports, or live-streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the Military Times: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s incredibly irresponsible for the Army and the Navy to be recruiting impressionable young people and children via live streaming platforms,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez told VICE.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed amendment to the House Appropriations bill faces a long road to be made into law. The budget written by the House will go through numerous committees and votes before being sent to the president.<\/p>\n<p>The Army sees esports teams as a recruiting tactic similar to presence at sporting events and shopping malls that young people frequent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Army recruiters understand that in order to do their job, they must be visible where their audience resides,&#8221; Army spokesperson Lisa Ferguson told Military Times.<\/p>\n<p>Twitch, a video streaming platform, is one such place. The website boasts an average of 17.5 million daily visitors and more than 600 billion minutes of content watched this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Army, Navy and Air Force all have teams that post video game streams online. The Army said its account has paused streaming to review internal policies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;War is not a game, and the Marine Corps&#8217; decision not to engage in this recruiting tool should be a clear signal to the other branches of the military to cease this practice entirely,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez told VICE.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, the amendment would prohibit the military from using congressionally appropriated funds to &#8220;maintain a presence on Twitch.com or any video game, e-sports, or live-streaming platform.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Military Times has the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/07\/23\/aoc-proposes-measure-to-put-an-end-to-military-recruiting-using-esports-teams-livestreaming\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandria Cortez wants to end the military&#8217;s live streaming recruiting efforts. She calls it &#8220;irresponsible&#8221;. 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