Pretty wild guess but maybe to prevent radicalization and recruitment? If you have a game like this and get the players onto your discord, you might move over some of them to do something in real life.
And before I get “but Counter-Strike!” - it is set in imaginary universe with made up factions.
Not what happened in Amsterdam by any measure. Israelis started a row on the streets and got backslash from the local Arab population. No casualties.
I'm not sure what happened where you live but here several networks apologised and withdrew their earlier reports.
https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/amsterdam/1046153...
The facial expressions are great .. the weekly shows are only 20 minutes or so and still soak up the time of 10 staff or so, including KC's (King's Counsel Lawyers (top ranked in Commonwealth countries)) that donate a fair bit of time gratis to double check statements and liabilities.
They do f*ck up on occassion but it's a solid show for ripping into the (media) pricks with substance and receipts.
That segment is from the very last of Barry's hosting sadly, he's retiring after a storied career that includes being fired (and later rehired) for asking tough questions.
Thanks for irresponsibly spreading falsehoods without any factual basis. Very cool.
An utterly ludicrous description of the actual events.