Title: Social Media Policies for the Military – SSML
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Social Media Policies for the Military
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Social Media Policies for the Military
by Patrick Ferraris 3 years ago 10.8k Views
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Who would have thought that one of the U.S. military’s biggest adversaries is social media? With the rise of social media, it’s imperative for the military to actively maintain various social media channels to stay up to date with the newest trends in digital communication. This is necessary to inform the American people as well as tell their branches story. While being active on social media is great for the military to accomplish these missions, it comes with certain downfalls such as the release of confidential and mission critical information, geotagging, and the distinction between personal and military opinions. Each branch maintains various social media policies that manage expectations of military and civilian personnel who use both DoD and personal social media accounts. The U.S. Army alone has 12 policies, regulations, and directorates towards proper social media use. It is also a huge undertaking as younger and newer Soldiers are joining the ranks everyday that are well-versed in social media, and probably didn’t have guidelines to its usage before joining. In comparing social media policies between DoD entities and civilian ones, there isn’t much difference because social media usage is relative. In creating social media policies, organizations want to ensure that their personnel are using social media the right ways to represent them, even when they are off duty. Looking at this more in depth, there are things to always include in social media policies.