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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

The Marines Ban Social Networking 



The United States Marine Corps banned its members from using social networking websites while on military networks in an order issued earlier this month from Washington, D.C. The Marines are not the only organization to proceed down this path. The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League recently banned attendees of the team's practices from Twittering. Despite rumors to the contrary, the NFL is not preventing its athletes from Twittering. The Marine Corps ban while apparently draconian does not extend to members of the Corps whom are off-duty and/or on their own computers. Of course, this then brings into question the ultimate utility or futility of the order.

Read more here. And here.

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