Animal Crossing: New Yard Signs

Listen to hosts Samantha Spiers and Cameron Boozarjomehri discuss the yard signs the Biden-Harris campaign released in Animal Crossing: New Horizons! And more importantly, if politics should be allowed in multiplayer video games. Discussion includes what are the yard signs, recent examples of politics and social issues appearing in multiplayer games, and laws around speech restrictions on the internet.

Post production by Scott Stronach. 

Sources:  

https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/animal-crossing-disinformation-policy.html 

https://www-theverge-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/9/1/21409727/biden-harris-animal-crossing-campaign-new-horizons-yard-signs-election?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=15995903717490&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2020%2F9%2F1%2F21409727%2Fbiden-harris-animal-crossing-campaign-new-horizons-yard-signs-election 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-releases-animal-crossing-yard-signs-in-latest-digital-outreach-to-voters 

https://www-bostonglobe-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/20/business/even-video-games-politics-race-divide/?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=15995906753179&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonglobe.com%2F2020%2F07%2F20%2Fbusiness%2Feven-video-games-politics-race-divide%2F 

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