Banned in the U.S.A.
May 17th, 2007Author: DialogueMedia
So, while the Pentagon has blocked MySpace and YouTube, along with Photobucket, MTV, Metacafe, Pandora, Live365, hi5, IFILM, BlackPlanet, StupidVideos, and FileCabi from being accessed on its DoD computer network, it is still into promoting itself on these social sharing sites, even to its own. And, as the Think Progress-linked IraqSlogger notes:
Unless the Department of Defense lifts (or doesn’t fully apply) its YouTube ban, US military personnel won’t be able to watch their own Iraq-focused YouTube channel unless they do so on non-DoD computers and via non-DoD Web connectivity.
I’m not going to use this space to say whether or not the DoD is doing the “right” thing by blocking access to these sites, for reasons such as the one that Wired is citing, bandwidth. I thought it much more interesting to note the conundrum between something like the Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) promoting its own YouTube channel at like the same time that the military was banned from using its own government owned computers – or network – to reach it.
On top of that, a friend of mine noted to me today that a relative had just emailed, stating that two days ago, there were updates made to a resume online, at Monster and CareerBuilder, mentioning recent experience using MySpace and other social networking sites for marketing purposes. That was followed by phone calls from not one, but two Army recruiters on Wednesday who were inquiring about those particular services, and if there was any interest in working with the Army on marketing through those channels. If that’s not a testament to the success of something, then nothing is.
[ed: thanks to Luther Campbell for the inspiration for the title of this post]
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