Twitch is an escape for some of us, especially now with the way things are these days.

I apologize for not being as eloquent as this topic usually needs, but military recruitment ads shouldn't be on twitch. Much less ICE ads.

The world is fraught with hatred allowing people to be unlawfully detained, deported, and even killed under a flimsy guise of negligence. I don't believe Twitch can look away from letting ICE ads air on the platform after all the fluff about supporting human rights.

I recently hit partner on Twitch and use my platform to be a welcoming place of peace. And as a daughter of an immigrant, I do not want my platform being used to advertise “military” recruitment especially ICE. That is absolutely disgusting and those ads have no business being on Twitch. If I have to run ads on my stream, let me select which categories of ads I feel are safe for my community.

I was harassed by military recruiters for years as a minor and into adulthood. No child or young adult should be subject to this, and I shouldn't be expected to push propaganda I probably do not agree with.

I’m utterly disgusted by the actions our current “administration” has taken, in regard to labelling and deporting migrants and those who have legal residency as “criminals”. The push to force down recruitment propaganda, even when targeted toward minors, is a bridge too far. Especially when this platform has historically been a place to escape from the chaos in our society.

I urge you, if you choose to read this, to remove the offending ads from syndication on streams.

God if I could control what ads actually air on my stream, I wouldn't be so gungho to recommend adblockers. Too bad Twitch doesn't get that.

As an affiliate channel, I favor as many controls as possible over what sort of advertisements are shown on my channel. I especially want the ability to opt out of military, ICE, and "AI" advertisements.

Given that recent events have made this significantly more controversial, it's vital to implement this in order to reduce the likelihood of streamers being harassed for matters outside their control.

I do not want my community exposed to military propaganda and I especially do not want ICE getting any airtime from my channel. My community is comprised of LGBTQ members, South American viewers, and artists. None of us ever want to see an ad that demonstrates the bigotry and disgusting behavior displayed by ICE.

I don't stream much but this never came to mind until recently, I'd like to be able to choose what things my channel and brand promote before I give Twitch any money for me using their platform.

I just made Affiliate today. Seeing this makes me think about limiting my channel viewers to 18+ indefinitely. This would impact my (and your) ability to reach a wider audience. I would like to be able to choose whether I run these ads at all. Twitch restricts violence in video games but doesn't give the option to restrict recruitment for violence in real life?

anoCaono above puts it better than I can:

"Twitch already has rules and regulations against overly sexual and violent content. Even going so far as to ban partnered streamers for slip ups while livestreaming. Why do we allow the overt violence of war to be advertised to young children?

As an Airborne Veteran I understand some of the true costs of service, and it is not at all like the video games military advertisements pretend they are."

Maybe we can include Gambling, Condoms, Automobile Insurance Ads and anything else that minors shouldn't see?

Encountering a lot of military ads again on many streams, regardless if the creator is "political" or not. This is ridiculous, no one asked for this.

100% support. the military is already able to promote on TV and in schools. what's the point of internet media if there's no difference

It's morally abhorrent that the platform allows the military to target minors for recruitment at all. Streamers should at least get a choice to veto specific ad campaigns.

STOP showing me MILITARY ADS every 10 min !!!! What is this ?????

young gamers are often easily influenced and impressionable as well as impulsive so streamers should be able to opt out

No military ads

They will NEVER allow this since the age of your average twitch viewer is of military conscription age. Twitch doesn't really care tbh, its all to the highest bidder. A pretty evil way to act to be fair. But that ad rev is too good to pass up.

yes please do this twitch