From The Guardian:• Policy in contrast to US, which banned networking sites
• Personnel told to use 'common sense' over operational details
Tweeting by special forces troops while on covert missions probably remains a bad idea. But from today, British squaddies are to be officially encouraged to use social networking sites to keep in touch with their friends and explain – up to a point – what they are up to.
The move described by the Ministry of Defence as a "liberalisation" of its policy for forces personnel's use of sites like Twitter and Facebook comes after the US military moved earlier this week in the opposite direction, banning US marines from using them at all on military computers.
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My Comment: The British have a more sensible policy towards using social networking than the American military .... the British MoD realize that their soldiers are mature adults who know what is at stake when they use these resources.