Pentagon Block Youtube & My space

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Wednesday May 16, 2007 21:15

by The Diogenes Club

The Diogenes Club (reformed post pavilion)

wiki it.

Yet more bad news if you're a serviceman or servicewoman with the US armed forces. The Pentagon have drawn up a list of sites which their employees will no longer be allowed access from company computers. Though facing off advocates of freedom on the web, the Pentagon were quick to clarify the ban will only apply to US base computers. A regular soldier or officer in Iraq or Afghanistan will still be free to log on to the "banned list" from any internet café they can find in Baghdad or Kabul that are still occupier friendly. The news is sure to overshadow the other little titbits of news from the hive this wednesday evening ; Sarkozy's wife didn't vote in the second round and wants a divorce & Prince Harry of the half-blood Windsor is not afterall to be allowed join his regiment of squaddies in Iraq or active service. Too many threats - too much danger.

The list of sites which from now on are "off limits" for US service personel are :-
Youtube..................I told you there were problems weeks ago.
My Space...............likewise - too many anti-war stories.
My Second Life.....you've barely got one.
Indymedia.............it's not on the washington times list but you can bet your bottom dollar it's there.
Flickr......................no you're not swapping photos anymore.
Blogs....................all of them.

The Pentagon insist the move is not intended to contain propaganda but rather to protect US military installations from viruses, worms, trojans, mythical clubs or the truth.

If I'm off the list so are you.
Don't lose sleep over it.
Back soon!

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/05/whe..._blog