Don't know how many of you saw the news the other day that the military issued a ban on MySpace and YouTube (among others: Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos, FileCabi, BlackPlanet, Hi5, Pandora, MTV, 1.fm, live365, and Photobucket) for deployed soldiers at DOD computer terminals.
As much of a surprise as this information isn't (obviously its inevitability was circulating for quite some time beforehand), we wanted to ask all of our readers for their thoughts and reactions to this news.
We stay in touch with our buddies and loved ones overseas through MySpace - as we're sure that many of you do - and we're concerned about how the potential implications of this ban could alter how we communicate with them / know that they're safe. On the other hand, soldiers never needed MySpace and YouTube in wartimes past, so we understand that it's a luxury we enjoy in many ways, and that it has its potential as a security risk.
So, we want to open it up to everybody reading this. Let us know how you feel. If you communicate with a loved one through one of the banned sites, tell us about it. Let us know if you think this helps or hurts the military, and why. The floor is open...
- Unfiltered and Real
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