US Soldiers in Iraq: No more MySpace ,Youtube ... - GoFuckYourself.com

directfiesta · 05-15-2007, 02:05 PM

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Thirteen sites have been declared off-limits on Department of Defense computer systems, ranging from MySpace to MTV.

The official reason given is that too much military bandwidth is being hogged to share photos, video clips and messages.

Ironically, the US military itself has just launched its own channel on YouTube, uploading clips of fire fights and troops helping civilians in Iraq.

"The US Army's not going to pay the bill for you to get on MySpace and YouTube," was how Maj Bruce Mumford, a communications officer serving in Iraq, explained the curbs to the Associated Press.

The decision is likely to damage morale for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, US military bloggers, including Colby Buzzell, latest winner of the Blooker Prize, the internet blog equivalent of the Booker, have told the BBC.

Yet the US and other countries with armies in the field today have genuine concerns about how the YouTube generation makes war, and particularly the impact on public opinion of raw video recorded by troops during combat.

Footage that makes its way on to the internet usually goes through unedited. It has content that can at times be graphic and is often accompanied by foul-mouthed real-time commentaries by the soldiers involved.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6657309.stm

.. maybe add internet $$$ to the funding bill ( from 40 Billion to 40.007 Billion ...)

Quite different from march 2003 embedded journalists ....

BigCashCrew · 05-15-2007, 02:10 PM

This sucks. I have a friend in Iraq and one of the ways I know he is all right is when he posts on his myspace site once a week.

notabook · 05-15-2007, 02:13 PM

Rofl… “You’re good enough to die for this country, but I'll be damned if you ever try to contribute to the internet!"

necoeds · 05-15-2007, 02:16 PM

this is fucking retarded

tranza · 05-15-2007, 02:22 PM

They must be wasting quite a lot of time on those sites...

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BigCashCrew Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,570	This sucks. I have a friend in Iraq and one of the ways I know he is all right is when he posts on his myspace site once a week.