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A deeper look into social media awareness

To some, social media seems like an innocent outlet to tell others about their daily life, keep up with loved ones and to express views on global matters; but not everyone reading status updates or personal information has the best of intentions. Opportunists and terrorist organizations, to include the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, known as

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With Facebook and Twitter, the leading causes of leaked information, terrorists today are already monitoring military members and their families, according to Andrew R. Samuels, MCAS Iwakuni anti-terrorism officer. Some of the information they gain, according to Samuels, includes where military members and their families live, what schools they attend, when and where military spouses are deployed and other such details. - With Facebook and Twitter, the leading causes of leaked information, terrorists today are already monitoring military members and their families, according to Andrew R. Samuels, MCAS Iwakuni anti-terrorism officer. Some of the information they gain, according to Samuels, includes where military members and their families live, what schools they attend, when and where military spouses are deployed and other such details.

Be smart, think before you post

“In late September, Islamic State sympathizers harassed an Air Force member who had posted pictures online from a flight over Iraq during a recent bombing campaign,” according to Fox News.The article continued, saying not only was the military member targeted, but his family was as well.The Department of Defense makes it clear that social media

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