Soldier Jailed For Facebook Picture -

Soldier Jailed For Facebook Picture
April 25, 2008 | by Christopher Nickson

An Israeli soldier has been jailed for 19 days for putting a picture taken on base up on Facebook.

On the face of it, the story seems unbelievable. An Israeli soldier puts his picture on Facebook. To be fair, it was taken on the military base where he serves, but even so…However, a court didn’t look kindly on the action, and sentenced him to 19 days in jail.

The soldier, part of an intelligence unit, meaning the pictures could have revealed secret information. Members of the Israeli Air force have already been told to remove all pictures from Facebook and other social networking sites, according to the newspaper Haaretz. Although the same restrictions don’t apply to members of the Israeli Defence Forces, they have been warned of the dangers.

A review earlier this year showed that armed forces personnel had posted pictures that could help enemies, and the BBC has said that militants often monitor social networking and photo sharing sites in the hope of discovering more information from pictures.

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Forecast Highs on Apr 25th, 2008 at 12:15 PM:

The story that lead to the arrest can be seen here:

http://forecasthighs.com/2008/04/13/idfacebook/

Stan on Apr 27th, 2008 at 8:36 PM:

No offense, but what moron would do something like that? If it's a secret base, he just put everyone in jeopardy.

Stan on Apr 27th, 2008 at 8:36 PM:

No offense, but what moron would do something like that? If it's a secret base, he just put everyone in jeopardy.

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