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Tweeting From the Front Line

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the deja-what-now dept.

blackbearnh writes "There's an interesting article up on O'Reilly Radar talking about how the US military is reacting to the increasing use of social media by soldiers in hostile territory. In an interview, Price Floyd, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, talks about the trade-offs between operational security and allowing soldiers and the public to interact, and how social media has changed the way the DoD communicates with the public. 'I think that we need to become much more comfortable with taking risk, much more comfortable with having multiple spokesmen out there, thousands of spokesmen in essence. But, for me, there's nothing more credible than the men and women who are out there on the front lines, fighting the wars that we're in, sending messages back to their family and friends.'"

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  1. MOD PARENT UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Up to the HEAVENS for the sake of OUR LIVES and OUR PROGENY. Ahhhh-men!

  2. Mod Parent Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Up I say, for Twitter is gay!

  3. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please, moderators. Mod the parent up. For my sake and yours.

  4. mod parent up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mod parent up. twitter sucks balls.