UK Defence Restricts Internet Use, Too

The U.S. Defense Department isn't the only military organization that has set strict guidelines on the use of the Internet, particularily for social networking and video sites and for blogging. Britain's Ministry of Defence just issued new guidelines outlining what British soldiers and Defence civilian employees can and cannot do online, according to an article posted by the British telegraph.co.uk. According to the article:

Members of the armed forces are ... no longer able to play multimedia computer games or send text-messages, photographs and audio or video material without authorisation from a superior, if the information they use concerns matters of defence.

The rules, circulated by the Directorate of Communication Planning, severely curtail the extent to which servicemen and women can speak publicly about their service.

The regulations say "all such communication must help to maintain and, where possible, enhance the reputation of defence".