In November 2011, actors Jonah Hill and Sam Worthington (who voiced the principal character Alex Mason in Black Ops, the prior video game to Modern Warfare 3), and NBA athlete Dwight Howard starred in commercials advertising the sport.
In the wake of the 2021 United States Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, Pai said that he would not be seeking any Section 230 reform in advance of his prior planned resignation from business on January 20, 2021.