Citing limited bandwidth and potential security issues, the Pentagon has cut off U.S. troops’ access to several social networking and other high-volume Web sites. Soldiers can still post to MySpace and YouTube — two of the banned sites –but only from outside networks. However, most overseas military personnel, including thousands stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, have no Internet access other than the Defense Department networks, which they rely on to stay in touch with family and friends.
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What’s Motivating the Military’s Selective Web Site Ban?
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 15, 2007 03:23 PMCiting limited bandwidth and potential security issues, the Pentagon has cut off U.S. troops’ access to several social networking and other high-volume Web sites. Soldiers can still post to MySpace and YouTube — two of the banned sites –but only from outside networks. However, most overseas military personnel, including thousands stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, have no Internet access other than the Defense Department networks, which they rely on to stay in touch with family and friends.