Title: Social Media Policies for the Military – SSML
Headings: Social Media Policies for the Military
Social Media Policies for the Military
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Content: Recent examples of social media and digital communication mishaps within the military that led to further education and updating of social media policies are below. A fitness tracking app created activity maps of its users, and these maps were accessible to anyone who clicked on a user’s profile. This might not be bad for some, but in areas like Afghanistan, Syria, and locations in Africa, these maps reveal heavily used routes for military members that not only gave away running routes, but movement routes, base locations, and more. With politics taking center stage every day, there is so much revolving around recent and future political races. The U.S. Army has strict guidelines for how their personnel can or can not take action on social media: -Cannot participate in any interview or discussion as an advocate for or against a party, candidate or cause. -Can generally express their personal views on public issues or political candidates via social media platforms much the same as they would be permitted to write a letter to the editor of a newspaper. -Cannot participate in partisan political activity. -Can “follow,” “friend,” or “like” a political party or candidate running for partisan office. -Cannot post links to, “share” or “retweet” comments or tweets from a Facebook page or Twitter account of a political party or candidate running for partisan office.