The U.S. Army was holding fake Twitch draws to recruit young people
Twitch has forced the military to withdraw the deception, but they have a promotional agreement with them.
The U.S. military has a channel on Twitch to promote its eSports team, which is part of an initiative to attract the country's young people to a career in the military. However, the promotion has gotten out of hand: Twitch has threatened the military with the closure of its channel after detecting them conducting a fake raffle with non-existent prizes that served to redirect unwary young people to a form for enlistment.
The strategy was to promise prizes that did not exist, such as commands and other peripherals, to get the data of young people with a system that led them to sign a document that committed them to be recruited, according to The Nation.
Several adult users became aware of the deception and began to publicly point out the practice. The fake promotions were made in the Twitch chat room. The promotion promised a prize draw for an Xbox Elite Series 2 controller, but the links actually sent the user to a recruiting page where there was no reference to any kind of draw, prizes, or any of the information that should be in a supposed draw. It was simply the page to sign up, camouflaged to deceive the user
Following public pressure, Twitch has forced the US military to cease these activities. "According to our terms of use, promotions at Twitch must comply with all applicable laws," the company said in a statement to Kotaku. "This promotion did not comply with our regulations and we have requested that it be withdrawn.
The military has not taken a position on this apparent deception aimed at young people, but the truth is that in the United States there has been a sharp increase in military advertising on the platform as it has become one of the official sponsors of Twitch Rivals, the company's channel. It is not known what the cost of this advertising contract has been, but it could be millions according to some sources consulted by Kotaku.
This has caused many users to start trolling the army channel asking them about war crimes committed by the U.S. and there are even groups competing to see who gets kicked out fastest on both Twitch and Discord.
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Twitch has forced the military to withdraw the deception, but they have a promotional agreement with them.
The U.S. military has a channel on Twitch to promote its eSports team, which is part of an initiative to attract the country's young people to a career in the military. However, the promotion has gotten out of hand: Twitch has threatened the military with the closure of its channel after detecting them conducting a fake raffle with non-existent prizes that served to redirect unwary young people to a form for enlistment.
The strategy was to promise prizes that did not exist, such as commands and other peripherals, to get the data of young people with a system that led them to sign a document that committed them to be recruited, according to The Nation.
Several adult users became aware of the deception and began to publicly point out the practice. The fake promotions were made in the Twitch chat room. The promotion promised a prize draw for an Xbox Elite Series 2 controller, but the links actually sent the user to a recruiting page where there was no reference to any kind of draw, prizes, or any of the information that should be in a supposed draw. It was simply the page to sign up, camouflaged to deceive the user
Following public pressure, Twitch has forced the US military to cease these activities. "According to our terms of use, promotions at Twitch must comply with all applicable laws," the company said in a statement to Kotaku. "This promotion did not comply with our regulations and we have requested that it be withdrawn.
The military has not taken a position on this apparent deception aimed at young people, but the truth is that in the United States there has been a sharp increase in military advertising on the platform as it has become one of the official sponsors of Twitch Rivals, the company's channel. It is not known what the cost of this advertising contract has been, but it could be millions according to some sources consulted by Kotaku.
This has caused many users to start trolling the army channel asking them about war crimes committed by the U.S. and there are even groups competing to see who gets kicked out fastest on both Twitch and Discord.
Translated using deepl from:
https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/1350736282/el-ejercito-estadounidense-hacia-falsos-sorteos-en-twitch-para-reclutar-jovenes
#twitch #military #army #usa #gov #propaganda
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El ejército estadounidense hacía falsos sorteos en Twitch para reclutar jóvenes
Twitch ha forzado a los militares a retirar el engaño, pero mantienen un acuerdo promocional con ellos.
NSA urges military personnel to turn off cellphone location data
The National Security Agency is urging US military and intelligence personnel to turn off location-sharing services on their cellphones to prevent security breaches.
The secretive intelligence agency warned in a bulletin Tuesday that the common app feature can pose a real threat to national security, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Location-sharing can be critical for the function of apps like Google Maps, but the information it collects about users’ whereabouts is also collected by tech companies that then sell the anonymized data to marketers and advertisers.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/nsa-presses-military-to-turn-off-cell-phone-location-data/
#us #NSA #military #phone #location
The National Security Agency is urging US military and intelligence personnel to turn off location-sharing services on their cellphones to prevent security breaches.
The secretive intelligence agency warned in a bulletin Tuesday that the common app feature can pose a real threat to national security, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Location-sharing can be critical for the function of apps like Google Maps, but the information it collects about users’ whereabouts is also collected by tech companies that then sell the anonymized data to marketers and advertisers.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/nsa-presses-military-to-turn-off-cell-phone-location-data/
#us #NSA #military #phone #location