After impassioned speech, AOC’s ban on US military recruiting via Twitch fails House vote


Ocasio-Cortez gave an impassioned speech on the House floor in advance of the vote on Thursday. “Children should not be targeted in general for many marketing purposes in addition to military service,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Right now, currently, children on platforms such as Twitch are bombarded with banner ads linked to recruitment signup forms that can be submitted by children as young as 12 years old. These are not education outreach programs for the military.”




The language of Ocasio-Cortez’s draft would have made that pause permanent, banning US military organizations from using funds to “maintain a presence on or any video game, e-sports, or live-streaming platform.”