Image courtesy of bbc.co.ukWe all know that Facebook may affect your hire-ability and expose far too many life details to friends, or even complete strangers, but now Facebook has been labeled as a threat to national security. On April 23, the BBC published an article detailing the story behind an Israeli soldier belonging to an “elite intelligence unit” who was jailed 19 days for posting a photo of his military base. According to an earlier article, also published by the BBC on April 11, posting military related photographs and information is forbidden to Israeli soldiers; this is because Palestinian and Lebanese militants monitor Facebook and similar networking sites for such postings, which may contain classified information. In addition to Israeli soldiers, Canadian soldiers have been warned not to post military related information and photographs to Facebook.
Surprisingly, very few media outlets have covered this story. With the popularity of Facebook, and its growing number of apparent downsides, this article seems relevant to us as Americans; however, I was unable to find a US news outlet that covered this story in much more than 100 words, or included the story of the jailing as a follow-up of the rules. I’d really like to see this story covered in more depth with some added details on how this edict affects the US military and what the Facebook rules are for soldiers in America.
By: Brittany Behrman
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