Army social media diktat

The army has warned its officers and personnel against excessive use of social networking platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp and made it clear that action would be taken in case of violations.

The directive has also instructed them not to make photos in uniform their profile pictures on social networking sites and reveal their rank, unit name, location or anything else related to their work.

“The directive has been issued to limit their (soldiers’) online presence as part of cyber security norms. In the past we have seen how some officers and soldiers were honey-trapped by foreign agencies into inadvertently leaking sensitive information,” said an official at the army headquarters.