Social networking sites, such as Facebook, are striving hard to woo the Indian users, but the Indian Army has directed its soldiers to stay away from social networking sites.
Javier Olivan, the international manager for Facebook, is really having busy time in finding new ways to expand the operations and user-base of Facebook. In order to attract more users in India, Facebook has added Hindi and five other Indian languages including Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu; the site now officially supports 57 languages. The site is considering introducing several dozen more languages, under its expansion plan.
But, Facebook’s expansion plan has got big setback, with the Indian Army showing cold feet towards social networking sites, such as Facebook, Orkut, Twitter, and MySpace, fearing that the men in uniform could inadvertently leak nation security information on these sites.
The Indian Army has issued a circular to its personnel directing to be very careful while posting any information on social networking sites. The Indian Army has directed its soldiers to refrain from posting the information about employment or profession, their ranks, and their whereabouts on public forums such as social networking sites.
According to the Indian Army, such information must be removed from the internet immediately. Such info is not only dangerous for the defense personnel, but also for national security.
According to the Indian Army, such information must be removed from the internet immediately. Such info is not only dangerous for the defense personnel, but also for national security.
The Indian Army has circulated that if any soldier found violating the order, dictionary action will be taken against the soldier, under The Army Act; the soldier could be for up to seven years. According to the Indian Army estimate, about 35,000 of its 1.1 million soldiers, from all ranks, are active internet users.
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