I believe you're partially correct. Blizzard does go to an effort to keep politics out of the game, and has a history of being fairly impartial about it. You wi

I believe you're partially correct. Blizzard does go to an effort to keep politics out of the game, and has a history of being fairly impartial about it. You will be banned for having either Trump or Obama in your name, among most other trademarked names[0]. However, the issue most people have with Blizzard is that they didn't ban someone for bringing politics up in game--they banned someone for bringing it up in a Twitch stream--specifically a post match interview[1], or the tournaments and communication channels as you put it. While I think it's fully within Blizzards rights to moderate whatever goes through its servers, I believe banning someone for the content of an in person interview is outside of their purview, and probably touches on a free speech issue or two. A similar issue/question to this would be "Can the NFL ban kneeling during the national anthem?" The issue of NFL players kneeling before the (American) football games seems very legally similar to Blizzard players mentioning politics outside of actual games, but on a "company" stream. I tend to err on the side of always allowing peaceful, non-disruptive protest, regardless of who owns the media channel. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/Blizzard/comments/82g25i/having_trump_in_your_name_is_now_a_banable/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Blizzard/comments/82g25i/having_tru... [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-reduces-pro-hong-kong-hearthstone-player-blitzchungs-ban-2019-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/blizzard-reduces-pro-hong-ko...