The Defense Department has no plans to revise its social media policies in the wake of the high-profile Jan. 12 hacking incident that resulted in the takeover of U.S. Central Command’s official Twitter and YouTube accounts.
Guidance from September 2012 governs military members’ use of social media. Although DoD ordered that the passwords of more than 50 Office of the Secretary of Defense-level social media accounts, no new or special guidance has been issued for the thousands of other official, military-affiliated social media accounts as leaders are reviewing practices, DoD spokesman Col. Steve Warren said in a Jan. 13 press conference.
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