Month: June 2013

Official IDF Twitter account (Credit: IDF) Fearing that enemy forces are gathering information on Israeli soldiers from social media, the Israel Defense Forces has decided to ban social network from some high-ranking soldiers and severely limit it for others. The IDF is in the middle of drafting a “social networking code of ethics” that will ban the use of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media for all highly classified units, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Other sensitive units, like pilots and intelligence officers, will be allowed to have social media accounts but won’t be able to say they’re soldiers or upload any photos showing themselves in uniform.