Tweeting War

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Facebook is one of the sites recently unblocked by the Pentagon. Others include Twitter and YouTube.

The U.S. military is allowing its troops access to social media websites, including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, after a review of Internet use and security. The ruling follows a Pentagon decision in 2007 to block those sites.—JCL

The BBC:

US troops are to be allowed to use social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook following a review of internet use and security.

Defence department officials say the benefits of using social media now outweigh the risks to security.

The ruling means that a number of sites blocked by the Pentagon in 2007 - including YouTube - will be unblocked.

However, commanders will be able to temporarily block access to safeguard missions or save bandwidth.

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By rollzone, February 27, 2010 at 7:48 pm Link to this comment

hello. absolutely. i am reading they are dealing with 300,000 psychological and psychiatric readjustment issues, of finally letting these bad a$$es out of recycle, and returning them to the life: from these past two wars. perhaps this will help. i already know what slaughter looks like.

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