Pentagon Bars Troops From YouTube And MySpace, Steps Up Its Own Efforts On Those Sites
Pentagon Bars Troops From YouTube And MySpace, Steps Up Its Own Efforts On Those Sites
As of yesterday, U.S. soldiers are blocked from accessing YouTube, MySpace, and 11 other websites on official Defense Department computers nationwide, “severing some of the most popular ties linking U.S. troops in combat areas to their far-flung relatives and friends, and depriving soldiers of a favorite diversion from the boredom of overseas duty.”
The military has justified the new policy by stating it will “increase network security and protect the use of the bandwidth.” But soldiers are already barred from posting classified material and scholars point out that “the Pentagon could have rationed Web access rather than cut it off entirely.” While troops will still be allowed to visit the sites from non-military computers, “few soldiers in combat areas carry private computers.”
At the same time it is banning soldiers’ access to such sites, the Pentagon is stepping up its own efforts on social networking sites:
The Defense Department barred access to the Web sites even as the military has stepped up its campaign to upload official videos to the Web, including on YouTube, to help portray U.S. combat efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan in a favorable light. In the past two months, for instance, the military has posted YouTube videos showing troops engaged in a gun battle in Baghdad, destroying chemical factories, attacking insurgent mortar positions and rescuing a kidnap victim.
The Multinational Force in Iraq now has a YouTube channel to “document action as it appeared to personnel on the ground and in the air as it was shot.” (Even though, as ars technica notes, clips are edited for “time, security reasons, and/or overly disturbing or offensive images.”)
The Army and Marines have also set up MySpace pages to help with recruiting efforts. “It is where prospects are,” said Louise Eaton, media and Web chief for the U.S. Army Accession Command. The Air Force put up a page in Aug. 2006, but then took it down a month later.
The new Defense Department policy comes “one month after the Army issued a regulation barring soldiers from posting entries on blogs, participating in online discussion groups or sending personal e-mail unless the content is cleared by an superior officer.”
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Why does the Pentagon despise the bait?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:36 amWhy do the Internets hate our troops?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:37 amThe fog of war creeps and crawls even over the warrior class. Don’t worry, soon even TP will be gone.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:38 amheadin’ down the garden path to absolute censorship… it’s only a matter of time…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
May 15th, 2007 at 11:39 amcan you say propaganda? the thought police are not far behind…
May 15th, 2007 at 11:41 amThis is unconscionable. Our soldiers are being systematically stripped of the very freedoms they are allegedly fighting for.
Their continued loyalty in the face of such obvious hypocrisy is admirable, but misplaced. Of course, with the Ministry of Truth controlling their every communication, it’s understandable.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:45 amNavy has been blocking both of these for months, and it’s not just overseas. An keep in mind – this new move is not only about affecting troops in combat areas.
“The Defense Department will begin blocking access “worldwide” to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other popular Web sites on its computers and networks, according to a memo sent Friday by Gen. B.B. Bell, the U.S. Forces Korea commander.”
So now if you are a military dependent, living in base housing in Germany, japan, etc. If the base provides your internet access (common at some sites) then no more sharing with your extended family back home unless you go off base to an internet cafe.
I have two brothers in the military overseas with their families. It took forever for them to get their own internet accounts over there (Germany and Korea) and until they did – they couldn’t send updates to us back here – the library on base maintained computers for web access, but as it was in the base network, no access. If you’re on a Ship you are out of luck too – MWR can’t maintain a seperate connection for people to use in off hours.
Here is some coverage of the impact of that from October 2005
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,78905,00.html...
From Starsandstripes – “All of the restrictions also apply to dependents.
This is the only way I can check my e-mail,” said Navy dependent Patricia R0vito of the computer at the Naples library. Rovito waited ten months to get telephone service and still has no Internet access at home. “This is going to be a pretty sizable hit to morale,” she added.”
They also go into a panic and remove from the network and sent alerts to security if anyone is using TOR. Tor is used to protect privacy and is used by journalists, law enforcement, and anyone who wants to help protect their privacy. Certain offices of the Navy use it in intelligence gathering as well, but sailors and civilians on base will get in trouble if they use it. I know this with 100% certainty as I am an IT worker for the navy and have seen the alerts and have had to remove it from computers. :(
May 15th, 2007 at 11:46 amWhen the alerts come to us they are worded to infer that the user has installed software that is a threat to security. I can’t count how many times I have calmed department heads down who wanted to bring up one of their staff on charges because the e-mail from higher up made it sound like they were posing a threat.
Can you imagine if the old Soviet Union was around and had a policy like this. The neocons would have jumped on this restriction on freedom of speech as proof that they were part of the “Axis of Evil”. What does that make us?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:49 amThis is just a further indication that the Propaganda War is being lost by the neocons.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:52 amAnd for the troops who still have access to this site, but have been blocked from myspace:
http://proxy.org
May 15th, 2007 at 11:56 amDon’t you know? Keeping our soldiers from MySpace keeps interference to the work of the pedophiles, errr Agents of Homeland security to a minimum. Now they can safely assume most of the people on MySpace.com are children they can now contact freely without interference from them pesky adult soldiers.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:57 amThink of the Children!
/Snark
The Pentagon created this monster (with an assist from Al Gore).
May 15th, 2007 at 12:03 pmBravo! It is about time the authorities stepped in and showed us who is in charge. Don’t these troops realize that their only job is to die for an illegal war.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:05 pm#11
Your snark
is not so far
off the mark…
The younger the audience the militarists can begin to glamourize and glorify war, weapons, and the us or them mentality; the easier it is to indoctinate them later.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:07 pmYou people (#6 in particular) actually think being in the military means you retain your civil rights? lol
When you enlist, you are yielding just about every sacred protection your civil rights would normally give you. Censoring their internet access is not a big shocker, especially if it’s proving to be counterproductive to the deployed units.
Have any of you thought that maybe some of these unlearned soldiers have been saying too much, perhaps putting the safety of themselves and others and their missions in danger? Get real people. They’re not just blocking their access just to be meanies.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:11 pmI’m surprised that there were DoD systems that still allowed such access. I’ve never been on an Army system that allowed access to youtube or social networking sites.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:12 pmPsyOps. Against ourselves. The Bush desperation curve just got steeper.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:12 pmI don’t see anything in the Constitution or the bill of rights which allows any part of the US government to restrict free speech in any way. that included the military.
Some reading on this issue:
“Contract with America: Bill of Rights”
May 15th, 2007 at 12:13 pmhttp://www.populistamerica.com/contract_with_america
More thinkprogress.org whinning…..why does TP and its Liberal posters love to cry and whine about anything and everything?
When you sign up for the military you lose your civilian rights. The American Constitution no longer applies to you. there are especially created laws for the military that now you are bound by. That is why there is a different justice system for civilians and for military personnel.
One again, Liberals and TP show how much they “support” our troops. Idiots, the Pentagon is run by these troops that you claim to support so much. So why are you always attacking them?
why doe Liberals and TP hate our troops?
and I am glad that the Pentagon over all is stepping up its usage of these sites. Terrorists have been using YouTube and other such sites to spread their propaganda and terrorism.
It is about time that the Pentagon used the media to its advantage as it has been done in every freaking war that we have been involved in since the American Revolutionary War.
Tp, this piece is an embarrasment and it is obviously written by someone that hates our troops and our military.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:18 pmWow, I posted this yesterday.
The Ministry of Propaganda is working overtime these days. Her Rove must be proud of his achievements for the Fourth Reich.
(And for all the trolls, I was comparing the Bush cabal with Hitlers cabal, not America with Nazi Germany.)
May 15th, 2007 at 12:19 pmComment by ironchef — May 15, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
It seems you didn’t read the article, or even the snippet provided at the top of the page for that matter. None of the reasons you claim are being provided as justification for censoring the aforementioned sites. The censorship is being done under the guise of saving bandwidth, something that could just as easily be solved by rationing webtime instead of limiting the number of viewable websites.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:19 pm#19,
Agreed. There’s nothing in the constitution that says the military should infringe on the civil rights of it’s people, but it does completely. that’s another topic. But for people to actually still think the constitution applies to soldiers is a little naive.
When I enlisted, I had no choice but to take their vaccines and other cocktails which were not governed by the FDA. Did I have any recourse? Nope..just punishment and being ridiculed. Was my religious rights protected…partially..except the killing part, being ostracized for not swearing or drinking or jacking off and a host of other immoral behaviors. Did I have recourse? nope.
Would be nice if somehow this country offered it’s military their own protections..from themselves. But then this country has a hard enough time knowing their civil rights let alone enjoying them. Had the patriot act been introduced in the early 1800’s, the guys concocting it would have been shot through, dragged and quartered…or incarcerated..or something less agreeable.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:20 pmI agree that myspace is horrible (I have teenage girls), but it is a great tool for staying in touch with your family when you’re overseas, my brother the missionary uses it to stay in touch with his supporters back here in the States.
Right now this administration has the support of most of the military families but mess with their ability to stay in touch with their soldier and the soldiers themselves…it’s the beginning of the end. Once you lose the support of the military, you’re toast.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:20 pmThe last thing these troops need is youtube. Just deal with the mission on hand. I doubt if these guys are complaining anyway. The folks who are whining are the ones safely ensconsed in their cubicles and homes. Wise up. Get up and actually do some real work.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pm#20-
Yor speling is a embarrasment.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pmThe Pentagon needs to censor Wolfy from their websites.
He swears too much.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pmDon’t Ask; Don’t Tell; Don’t Blog.
Theirs is not to reason why; theirs is but to do and die.
CENSORED
May 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pmI’ll probably catch a load of crap for this… But when you’re at work, you have no right to “You tube”.. and if your work consists of military service, my taxes should not be used to provide you with mostly idiotic videos, and even dumber myspace websites.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:23 pmUmm…people
They are not telling the troops that they can not go on MySpace and You Tube. They are saying that they can not do it using the Government (DOD) equipment and the Government (DOD) networks.
Just as your employer can “filter” what pages he allows his employees to visit in his place of business. There is NO difference.
Besides, most of the bases in Iraq have an Internet cafe that they can visit. $2/ hour and you can look at what ever you want.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pmConverting NeoCon zombies back to the living is hard work.
Are you in your cubicle or your home?
May 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pmHad the patriot act been introduced in the early 1800’s, the guys concocting it would have been shot through, dragged and quartered…or incarcerated..or something less agreeable.
The Alien and Sedition Acts WERE introduced in the early 1800’s.
Unfortunately John Adams was not drawn and quartered, he was just removed from office in the next election.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:27 pmDo you think the soldiers have any other networks to use besides the DoDs?
Do you think the Soldiers can just go to down town Baghdad and use Abu’s House of Internet and play Counter Strike and Yahoo IM to their World of Warcraft guildies when they are done killin’ or being killed all day?
Come on hacker bob, that was pretty lame and you know it.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:30 pmOh yeah, these networks are owned by the DoD.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:31 pmAhhhh, the “NUTZY” regime. ain’t it wunnerful? No flag draped coffins, no news from bombings and killings from Iraqis’ reporters, soon they won’t be able to call home let alone come home. Shame on the “PERTECTERS” of all the freedoms they’re keeping from them for another lie.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:34 pmAh, ValianttheVenushater has YouTube’s hanging of Saddam as her screen saver.
News Flash: The WAR in Iraq is OVER. It’s now an occupation. And what the Pentagon is freaking out about is the leaking TRUTH about the occupation. That would be the War Crimes, the hopelessness, and the chaos of Civil War.
What is most heinous is that this comes after the Pentagon gagged officers from speaking to Congress. This is an attempt to hid the fact that this is a repeat of the Siege of Stalingrad. The US may well lose a 150,000 troops in this bizarre move by Herr Decidur to not redeploy. (BTW, by lose, I mean that these troops will have been in the frontlines for much much longer than any soldier has ever been –even in WWII– and they’ll be suffering from Combat Stress Reaction and PTSD. They will be useless in further combat missions. Catch-22.)
May 15th, 2007 at 12:34 pmHey Hacker Bob, the internet cafes you speak of are restricted as well. Most DOD servers don’t let you check any type of personal E-mail unless it’s a MIL-MAIL account. And FYI all, everyone has a MIL-MAIL account that you can converse with your friends and loved ones on. It’s just hard to get pictures through sometimes, which blows…
May 15th, 2007 at 12:37 pmOh, yeah, Gates is just SO much better than Rumsfeld. I’ve yet to figure out the difference between these two criminals.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:41 pm“…depriving soldiers of a favorite diversion from the boredom of overseas duty.”
Really? Getting shot at and fearing for your life on a daily basis is boring?? Geeze, these people must have some really high standards on what’s exciting.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:44 pmWe are censoring them over there so that we don’t have to censor them over here.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:44 pmChimpy is going to extend tours in Iraq again, to 18 months.
And he has already broken his promise to give soldiers at least 1 year between deployments. One unit is going back after only 9 months.
After 18 months, our troops in Iraq will have a combat effectiveness rating of 0%. They will all either be dead, wounded, or so stressed out that they are no longer effective.
Chimpy is destroying our military. Why?
May 15th, 2007 at 12:49 pmOnce you have lived through bombings, watching your friends lose legs and arms and seen whole villages destroyed, everything else is kind of well, boring. At least on You Tube, you can see a guy get hit in the nuts with a Whiffle Ball Bat ™.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:49 pmOh yeah, these networks are owned by the DoD.
Comment by Spudge_Boy — May 15, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
Ummm, No, they are not. I personally know the man that owns and operates one at the last base I was at over there. He set up the Internet Cafe using his money and his time. He is allowed to operate on the base under contract with AAFES or MCCS, just as Burger King or any other establishment.
Comment by Craig Mack — May 15, 2007 @ 12:37 pm
that may have been the case when you were there in ‘03, but not when I was there in ‘05 or currently. They (ICs) allow you to check yahoo, Hotmail, MySpace, etc. The guy that runs the one at the last base I was at also owns the souvenir shop on base as well as a tea shop. He has to give MCCS a “cut” each month, but it is his equipment connecting to true internet and not going through DOD servers.
I know all this because I was doing IT work over there so we had to deal with servers and bandwidth bandits all the time. NONE of the internet cafes went through our servers.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:52 pmNo amount of censorship will prevent the truth from eventually coming out.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:55 pmUnless they keep all the troops over there for the rest of their lives.
Is that the plan?
And, in the immortal words of Sherrif Bart…
May 15th, 2007 at 12:57 pm“They desperate, THEY DESPERATE!!!”
oh please, stop your whinning, your employer can block any site it wants, it can forbid you from blogging, it can fire you for not following these rules.
This is done in the private sector all the time. In the case of our soldiers, the military(government) is their employer, and the military has the right to dictate what sites they can go to, or can’t go to, etc, etc.
During WWII soldiers were told what areas of London they could visit and couldn’t visit. Their mail was opened and read. They were told what newspapers to read and not read, etc, etc.
Just because now the military is doing through electronics it doesn’t mean that it is any different than any previous war.
If TP writers were better educated they would know that the military is not doing anything that it hasn’t done in the past.
stop your whinning Liberals. This is a none story.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:57 pmTom3 sez:
Good question. Perhaps the answer can be found in Blackwater.
This administration doing business with a large mercenary force is troubling enough, but when you also consider that our real armed forces (the ones loyal to the Constitution and the nation) are rapidly being neutralized, the presence of a large, well-equipped mercenary force, whose only loyalty is to whoever signs their checks, is a nightmare scenario.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:58 pmSomeone Name jacked me on 43. Whoever the trash heap that has to do this crap is, be a man, or woman, and post under your own name.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:58 pmRUCerious sez:
Well, it seems to be the plan so far…
May 15th, 2007 at 12:58 pmFunny how this site never shows the polls when it is like this. Love the new congress, keep is up losers.
GALLUP: Congress Approval Down to 29%
http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=27589
ROTFL
May 15th, 2007 at 1:01 pmHey Valiant, what is a “none story”?
May 15th, 2007 at 1:01 pmHILARIOUS! YOU CAN NOT ENJOY THE FREEDOMS YOU DIE FOR!
HAHA! STUPID DUPES!
May 15th, 2007 at 1:04 pmErr..I don’t see why people are so concerned about this.
The Military is still a place of work, and they have the right to restrict access on their equipment, just like any other work place does.
Going on the “internet” with company equipment is not a right. Like someone mentioned, it’s not that the Military is saying the soldiers are not allowed to visit those sites, just not with their stuff.
Sounds reasonable to me.
I’m more concerned about the lack of medical facilities and funds to help these vets when they get back from the war.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:08 pmFunny how this site never shows the polls when it is like this. Love the new congress, keep is up losers.
GALLUP: Congress Approval Down to 29%
http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=27589
ROTFL
Comment by Happy Guy — May 15, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
How can they? they need to brainwash Liberals into believing that Americans are happy with the current Congress.
I ask all those that yesterday claimed that 30%+ approval rating was ok for a Congress, but anything below 30%+ was bad.
Is this bad news from the Democratic Led Congress? how will you justify this pathetic approval rating?
Liberal pundits, pathetic sites like this one and other Liberal sites were all over the GOP when their approval rating was in the low 30%s and in the 20%s, will they do the same now that the Democratic Led Congress has the same pathetic approval rating that Republicans Led Congress did?
don’t worry, I won’t hold my breath…..I know, too bad, right? hahaha!!!
May 15th, 2007 at 1:08 pm“on official Defense Department computers nationwide”
This is the key phrase TP, while their on our time, they have no reason to be f*cking around.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:23 pm“favorite diversion from the boredom of overseas duty”
They could READ!!!!
May 15th, 2007 at 1:24 pmSomeone Name jacked me on 43. Whoever the trash heap that has to do this crap is, be a man, or woman, and post under your own name.
Comment by Craig mack — May 15, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
Dude, it was not a namejack, I was refering to your post @ #37. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:25 pm“scholars point out that ‘the Pentagon could have rationed Web access rather than cut it off entirely.’”
SCHOLARS!!!! Ha. Why did it take “scholars” to figure that out? They could have done several other things, “scholars”, but they didn’t, what’s it to ya?
May 15th, 2007 at 1:26 pmCongress Approval Down to 29%
Bush Approval Steady at 33%
We have a winner!!!!
May 15th, 2007 at 1:27 pmComment by TripMaster Monkey — May 15, 2007 @ 11:45 am
No matter what you think since the Civil War the entire USA population was placed into a corporate plutocracy. The blacks were not freed but instead everyone was enslaved. We use paper and coin credits so that the government does not have to deal with our direct needs.
To prove my statement as true all you need to do is REFUSE TO PAY YOUR TAXES and then you will know PAIN.
Another way to prove this claim of mine is to get convicted of a felony, serve your time and then try to get all of your civil liberties back. Voting, bearing arms and all the rest stripped till further notice.
Another way to prove it is to create your own militia. Do it and see what happens. Many have decided to observe their constitutional rights to band together and create an armed militia only to be declared a hate organization and arrested.
Do you need more examples?
May 15th, 2007 at 1:31 pmThe younger the audience the militarists can begin to glamourize and glorify war, weapons, and the us or them mentality; the easier it is to indoctinate them later.
Comment by heyzeus
You got it, buddy. Thats the core of US warmongering.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:32 pmComment by Saywho — May 15, 2007 @ 1:31 pm
You’re preaching to the choir, bud…particularly regarding militias. As a resident of Michigan, I was paying close attention when the government deconstructed the Michigan Militia…at the time, one of the biggest and most influential militias in the nation.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:38 pmI find it very difficult to take valiantthehater’s whining seriously, when she can’t even spell the word “whining”.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:41 pmvaliant,
the dems were harping on the 109th congress for not doing their jobs, not because their approval rating is down. this congress is doing their jobs, they’ve begun repairing the shit the 109th and the previous 2 congress groups have done.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:42 pmTp, this piece is an embarrasment and it is obviously written by someone that hates our troops and our military.
Comment by Valiantthehater
Whatever… LMAO… you should try writing a screenplay (but make sure you use spell check ;)
May 15th, 2007 at 1:44 pmYou’re preaching to the choir, bud…particularly regarding militias. As a resident of Michigan, I was paying close attention when the government deconstructed the Michigan Militia…at the time, one of the biggest and most influential militias in the nation.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — May 15, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
I was not necessarily directing that post at you TripMaster. The argument could be made that I was preaching but I assure you my intent was to list a few examples so that posters could decide if my claim was valid at all.
The Party is OVER
May 15th, 2007 at 1:54 pmThis is basically book burning all over again. It is nothing more or less than the control of information and knowledge. Wake up, America!
Can’t anyone even relate to books like Fahrenheit 451, 1984, or Animal Farm, or does the American populus get it’s info from American Idol? Check your water supply, the level of apathy is too high to be normal……
May 15th, 2007 at 1:57 pmThe DoD has to use it. How else are they going to recruit the next generation of economic cannon fodder ?
May 15th, 2007 at 2:15 pmFirst let me say that I am not in favor of this war because the reasons given turned out to be lies and misinformation.
As a father and an Ex soldier I support all of the Men And Women serving and pray for all of them to return safely.
As an ex soldier and person of reasonable intelligence. I find it offensive that the military would use popular Websites such as myspace and youtube glorifying war to children and as a recruiting tool.
I ask myself what message our government sends to potential recruits when they deny access to the exact same sources they use to recruit. I am also curious exactly what spin the spin-doctors (Military Recruiters) have came up to justify this crap to potential recruits.
If access to the 11 websites our soldiers have been banned from were cut off for Website owner or hosting Complaints, as a matter of National Security, or Troop Endangerment no one would have right or reason to object.
Americans pay for military bandwidth through federal taxes just like they do any other government source if bandwidth became a real issue it would be siphoned off of the civilian sector as needed.
The military may be the machine but it is our children, family members friends, and spouses that are in fact killing and being killed thus deserve our loyalty love and support.
Out Of respect and a sense of fair play, I suggest a petition be started demanding that all military related post, pictures and videos be removed from the 11 Websites that our soldiers can no longer use.
May 16th, 2007 at 3:47 amAddition to my previous post.
Since the war in Iraq has been deemed corporate in nature then why don’t corporations become more involved and send their troops to protect their oil interest to Iraq so our troops could come home.
Black Water USA was contracted for security during Hurricane Katrina.
Reason given by the government: Because we do not have enough National Guard or Military at present in America.
Black Water Security patroled the streets wearing military uniforms, weilding guns, giving orders and intimidated law abiding citizens during Hurricane Katrina.
Since our troops are in Iraq government would have no choice but to use the excuse again that we do not have adequate troops in America and again contract Black Water and similar Security forces to supress civil uprising in America.
We as americans should fear the fact that those with guns who know and love us are overseas cut off from accurate information and helpless to help us fight in the event Corporate Security services were unleashed against us under government orders.
This is only one location in NC. that has 20,000 troops. Do a search in your state and you will find even more reason to be afraid if the prospect that corporate troops could be unleashed against government citizens by our government.
Mercernaries don’t care who they supress or kill as long as they get paid.
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May 16th, 2007 at 4:36 am