Israeli Army sees Facebook as a threat
11 Apr 2008 | 12:53 BST
Prefer soldiers to be anti-social
ISRAEL’S NATIONAL SECURITY could be under serious threat; from 18 year old soldiers posing with their military equipment on Facebook.
The Israeli Defence ministry on Thursday published new guidelines and rules to try to in some way stem, what they see, as significant leaks of classified information, flowing out through the social not-working (or fighting) site.
The new rules will apply not only to soldiers, but also to Defence Ministry employees. It is important to note at this point that military service in Israel is mandatory, meaning that most young people between the ages of 18 and 21, Facebook’s majority demographic, serve in the Israeli army, whether they particularly want to or not.
Probably sensibly realising that banning use of the site would be a rather futile exercise, the security forces have decided that soldiers can still use social networking sites, as long as they don’t mention the fact that they’re serving in the military, post photos of themselves in uniform, or give out any information that could give away what they do. Not-working indeed then. µ
L’Inq
AP
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