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05-14-2007, 10:09 PM | #1 |
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youtube and myspace blocked for troops
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...9-2703,00.html
Pentagon bans troops from MySpace and YouTube * Stephen Farrell in Baghdad and Tim Reid in Washington * May 15, 2007 US soldiers in Iraq reacted with dismay yesterday after the Pentagon blocked their access to websites including YouTube and MySpace, used widely to send and receive messages and pictures to loved ones at home. The Pentagon told The Times that the decision had been made for security issues – to protect sensitive information being seen by the enemy – and to reduce drag on the military’s bandwidth. Soldiers said that the move would hit morale and cut off a crucial link to family and friends. In a separate move the Pentagon also introduced regulations clamping down on blogs by soldiers. Troops must now have any blog site, and its content, previewed and approved. The Pentagon said that soldiers were still permitted to use personal laptops and non-military computer servers to access sites including YouTube and MySpace, the social networking website of News Corporation, parent company of The Times, but Pentagon computers and networks are the only ones available to many troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. One sergeant from Arizona, speaking to The Times in Baghdad, said: “It will bring morale down. This is how a lot of people keep in touch with family and friends. “Not every soldier has their own personal laptop, and not every FOB (forward operating base) has commercial access to the internet. It will affect them mostly.” Since last year YouTube has been used by Iraqi insurgents and the US military as part of the wider propaganda battle. Insurgents have posted videos of attacks on US troops, while the Pentagon has posted videos showing US forces defeating insurgents and befriending Iraqi civilians. Noah Shachtman, who runs a national security blog for Wired magazine, says that the restrictions on blogging and access to websites seem intended to stop soldiers circulating bad news but could also prevent them from providing positive reports from the field. “This is as much an information war as it is bombs and bullets,” he said. “And they are muzzling their best voices.” The announcement was made by General B. B. Bell, commander of US forces in South Korea, who said that the Pentagon was blocking world-wide access to the websites on military computers: “This recreational traffic impacts on our official DoD (Department of Defence) network and bandwidth ability, while posing a significant security challenge.” The US military conceded last night that three soldiers missing in Iraq were probably in the hands of an insurgent group linked to al-Qa'ida. |
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05-14-2007, 10:51 PM | #2 |
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It’s a liberal conspiracy to make the troops miserable and homesick. This will cause the troops to yearn for the end of the war which will help with the anti war effort at home. Democrats are as stupid as foxes.
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05-14-2007, 10:56 PM | #3 |
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stuff like this just makes me laugh now
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05-14-2007, 11:03 PM | #4 |
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I’m glad you enjoyed that. But be wary of the liberals, they want to control you and have you depend on them.
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05-14-2007, 11:10 PM | #5 | |
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05-14-2007, 11:37 PM | #6 | |
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Location: I thought using a condom was assumed but like, even if you didn't use one how would putting a vegetable in your pussy cause some sort of infection? Like, you can fucking EAT IT, but you can't put it in your fucking vagina and move it around a little
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05-15-2007, 01:19 AM | #7 |
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Just add censorship, eminent domain abuse and a terrible constitution to the shining example of good government the US has given Iraq.
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05-15-2007, 01:39 AM | #8 |
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I see no problem with this whatsoever. We're talking about sites that use a huge amount of bandwith - they aren't job related and don't prevent other means of communication. This is something that is being done across the entire DoD - but the media is spinning it to be simply about those "poor soldiers in Iraq."
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05-15-2007, 06:59 AM | #9 | |
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I mean, I'm not a military man or anything, so that's just a guess. |
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05-15-2007, 07:10 AM | #10 | |
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05-15-2007, 07:34 AM | #11 |
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being in the army sounds awesome
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05-15-2007, 07:50 AM | #12 |
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I hear people in the army eat people like you for breakfast turalyon
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05-15-2007, 07:55 AM | #13 |
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that New Zealand army must be pretty fierce.
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05-15-2007, 07:59 AM | #14 |
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I don't believe we were talking about the New Zealand army
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05-15-2007, 09:11 AM | #15 | |
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05-15-2007, 11:26 AM | #16 | |
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05-15-2007, 11:46 AM | #17 |
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Here in Canada the government both provincial(Ontario) and federal have begun blocking sites like Facebook and Myspace as well. I think it is a good thing, government employees are lazy enough as it is, they don't need websites like that making them even more lazy and useless.
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05-15-2007, 01:07 PM | #18 |
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it makes one wonder how could the army make it through before youtube and myspace existed.
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05-15-2007, 04:05 PM | #19 | |
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The stuff about the government having to approve the content of soldiers' blogging bothers me worse than blocking youtube. |
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05-15-2007, 04:07 PM | #20 |
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so it's a bandwith issue? they have billions and billions to throw at the war but not enough $$ to support myspace so the soldiers can keep up with friends they're never going to see again because they're gonna get shot tomorrow?
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05-15-2007, 06:43 PM | #21 | |
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05-15-2007, 06:51 PM | #22 |
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i agree. I don't see the issue with myspace/youtube blocked, BUT the blog thing is bullshit and rather disturbing.
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05-15-2007, 06:54 PM | #23 | |
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05-15-2007, 07:19 PM | #24 |
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This is a bit of a weird thing to get riled up over. It's not a holiday camp, and they're not guaranteed particular entertainment while they're over there, right? The blog thing's a little less obvious, but it's still not the same as sending personal emails to people - they're probably pretty restricted on what they can publish to the internet anyway.
Yeah I'm sure it sucks over there and morale is already low, but there are reasons for that other than a lack of myspace access. It'd be a bit better to address those, right? |
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05-15-2007, 08:45 PM | #25 | |
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05-15-2007, 10:56 PM | #26 |
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I guess it's just a clear example of how poorly this war has been managed, especially in regards to troop support.
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05-15-2007, 10:57 PM | #27 |
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This message is hidden because ibepawpaw is on your ignore list.
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05-16-2007, 11:19 AM | #28 | |
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05-16-2007, 03:24 PM | #29 |
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while i agree that the government shouldn't be allowing myspace and youtube surfing on their networks, i find it hard to believe that this is such a big deal yet the overspending and profiteering seem to matter very little. considering they DON'T sit at desks all day, i think that during downtime at the base it's acceptable, especially for those who have been called back sooner than the military promised or are serving more tours than the military usually allows. also, national guardsmen who probably NEVER counted on being dumped in an INTERNATIONAL location for months on end, i say it's petty to pretend that myspace and youtube are doing this immesurable harm to the state of things over there. nice distraction for the fact that there is no plan other than "keep this going til w gets out of the white house and then it's some other guy's problem"
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