Posted on Jul 8, 2015
What do you think of the Army's new way ahead for social media conduct?
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It appears the Army is once again updating AR 600-20 - Army Command Policy, to ensure Soldiers can no longer hide behind social media and say whatever they please... Bully, assault etc..
Army Values, if you actually live them... are in effect 24/7, not just when you are on duty....
In my view, if you would not say it face to face, in a public place, you probably should not typing it...
Bout time in my view.
The Army tiger team has outlined three lines of effort to achieve their goal of curbing non-professional behavior by Soldiers online. Those lines of effort were released to the Army, June 16, as part of an implementation plan called "Professionalization of Online Conduct."
1. The first is to update existing policy and regulations to reflect more accurately the social media landscape. They also will develop a report for senior Army leadership on online-related incidents. The report will collate incident information from Army staff offices.
2. The team also has a line of effort related to training, to "provide commanders and leaders the information and tools they need to educate others and respond appropriately to complaints; train current and future Soldiers, Army civilians, and contractors on how to protect themselves, identify and prevent inappropriate behavior and report online-related incidents."
3. Finally, the Army public affairs community is tasked with ensuring the Army community is aware of what online misconduct looks like, the training resources that are available, and the policy changes that are going to be made.
What say you, you Social Media aficionados?
http://www.army.mil/article/150887/Army_lines_of_effort_to_define_proper_online_conduct/
Army Values, if you actually live them... are in effect 24/7, not just when you are on duty....
In my view, if you would not say it face to face, in a public place, you probably should not typing it...
Bout time in my view.
The Army tiger team has outlined three lines of effort to achieve their goal of curbing non-professional behavior by Soldiers online. Those lines of effort were released to the Army, June 16, as part of an implementation plan called "Professionalization of Online Conduct."
1. The first is to update existing policy and regulations to reflect more accurately the social media landscape. They also will develop a report for senior Army leadership on online-related incidents. The report will collate incident information from Army staff offices.
2. The team also has a line of effort related to training, to "provide commanders and leaders the information and tools they need to educate others and respond appropriately to complaints; train current and future Soldiers, Army civilians, and contractors on how to protect themselves, identify and prevent inappropriate behavior and report online-related incidents."
3. Finally, the Army public affairs community is tasked with ensuring the Army community is aware of what online misconduct looks like, the training resources that are available, and the policy changes that are going to be made.
What say you, you Social Media aficionados?
http://www.army.mil/article/150887/Army_lines_of_effort_to_define_proper_online_conduct/
AR 600-20
Leadership
Social Media
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Sir, I saw this earlier, I knew something formal would be put out in regards to social media conduct. I also posted a question about whether or not social media does more bad than good for our Military members. I've been in multiple talks about how social media has made Leaders lose the are art of effective communication and true mentorship. Basically saying that social media makes leaders lazier.
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I hate "Tiger" teams. They come up with ideas without holistically wargaming the potential situations. They produce results and then policy comes into alignment with the proposals. It may be determined that it is impossible to prosecute when PVT A calls SGT Z an ass@#$% on Facebook when PVT A denies it and says that someone else (kid, wife, friend, dog) did it when they were on their laptop. That will become the common defense.
Reminds me of the shaving while on leave thing that came around. I believe that legal review trumped that.
Reminds me of the shaving while on leave thing that came around. I believe that legal review trumped that.
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While I agree with your sentiment about living the Army values, or even just being man enough to say something to someone's face, I think that Army lawyers are going to struggle to successfully prosecute anyone.
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