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Marine Corps waves goodbye to use of social networking portals

2009-08-04 21:04:28 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Government Top Stories News)

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Dallas, Texas (CaymanMama.com) — As the social media movement continues to strengthen with such notable portals as Facebook and Twitter, some military branches are beginning to question the need for such public websites.

The Pentagon has said it will conduct a review of its policy regarding the access by military personnel to such Web sites, a spokesman said Tuesday.

This decision comes as a result of a Marine Corps ban on access to such public, online sites due to security matters. Announced on Monday, the social networking ban only affects Marine Corps networks and computers, which lets Marines access the sites on a personal computer or at an outside Internet source.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the Department of Defense would also conduct a full policy review to be completed by the end of September.

Whitman added that the U.S. Defense Department has acknowledged the value of social networking portals, mentioning the U.S. Army recently ordered all American bases to give access to Facebook.

According to CNN.com, “In addition, commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan have Facebook pages to share information about operations, while the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, has 4,000 followers on Twitter.”

In spite of these new changes, Whitman said, opposition still remains “between using these as important tools and addressing the challenges from a security standpoint.” The goal of the review is to come up with “a more coherent policy.”



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