US military bans YouTube, MySpace
p2pnet.net news:- America’s Department of Defence is to block YouTube, MySpace and 11 other sites world-wide, says The Wall Street Journal.
The news came in a memo sent by US Forces Korea commander general B.B. Bell, says the story.
The idea is to, “protect information and reduce drag on the department’s networks, according to Bell.” states BusinessWeek.
“This recreational traffic impacts our official DoD network and bandwidth ability, while posing a significant operational security challenge,” the memo said.
Adds the story:
Iraqi insurgents or their supporters have been posting videos on YouTube at least since last fall. The Army recently began posting videos on YouTube showing soldiers defeating insurgents and befriending Iraqis.
But the new rules mean many military personnel won’t be able to watch those achievements — at least not on military computers.
Also See:
The Wall Street Journal – Defense Department Blocks Access To YouTube on its Computers, May 14, 2007
BusinessWeek – Defense Department blocks some Web sites, May 14, 2007
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May 14th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
n/t
May 14th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
“at least not on military computers.”
And, Jon, you REALLY must look at and see if there’s something wrong with Readers Write.
A. When I post, that post doesn’t show up right away like it did before your techincal problems happened.
B. The ORIGINAL post that this is a reply to stated in the SUBJECT [field]:
“KEY WORDS: “at least not on military computers.” n/t
and then I posted “n/t” again in the message field.
p.s.; the I in the string one must enter to post…is that an I or a 1?
Thanks in advance for checking that out.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
My 20-yr old niece is shipping out to Iraq today, fresh from boot camp. Banning these websites now puts additional limits for me to keep in touch with her. I am very much against the ban (and the war, for that matter). The soldiers are very careful not to give away any sensitive information, and they are usually censored, anyhow. But having the videos gives relatives like myself and the soldiers like my niece a way to see images and hear each other. Now that avenue has been removed.
It’s hard for me to believe that the world’s best-funded military isn’t able to provide decent bandwidth, and censorship is nothing new. No, I think the military is more interested in keeping its soldiers from seeing the anti-war videos and the videos put out by the war-ravaged Iraqis. But I feel the morale the military saves by doing so will be greatly overshadowed by the morale lost because soldiers are more out of touch with family.
See my blog post at: http://angrylabrat.blogspot.com/2007/05/no-videos-for-troops.html.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:49 am
I’m only too well aware of this but at this point, I’m stuck.
The CMS is old, old and p2pnet desperately needs a total revamp. It’s on the way but until it happens ………..
Unlike the entrepreneurial p2p sites, I don’t have a tech team to take care of these things. This year will see p2pnet change and with the changes will come fixes to this, and other, problems. But until then, I’m doing the best I can with what I have.
Cheers!
May 16th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Nothing new about this. This stuff has been blocked for sometime on NMCI. Where have you been?