The U.S. Marine Corps announced this past week that it will block its troops from logging onto social networking sites - Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, among others - from its computers. The news must have left a few Robins Air Force Base airmen wondering how their Marine counterparts got away with logging onto these sites until now. "Almost anything that is entertainment related is blocked," said John Birdsong, spokesman for the base. Robins Air Force Base airmen have long since been prohibited from logging onto social networking sites from their office computers. Most online radio stations and dating sites are also blocked from base computers. cited Marines No to Social Networking Sites
Robins Air Force Base is the first marine fort to say no to social networking sites due to security reasons. They are still permitted to log in on their own personal time. However, it is blocked from military base computers due to terrorist threats.
This is an example of how embedded Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites are now part of our lives such as the cell phone. What would you do if you could not access your Facebook or Twitter account? Twitter made national news last week because their whole system went down. I just wanted to share this article with you this morning.
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