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War on the Rocks

A publication that has called for revision of the Department of Defense's social media policy to address modern social media issues.

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Jan 21, 2026
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How do the DoD Directive 1344.10 and service-specific rules define prohibited political speech on social media?

bars active‑duty service members from engaging in partisan political activity that could reasonably be viewed as associating the with a political party, candidate, campaign, or cause, and service bran...

Jan 21, 2026

How does social media accelerate misinformation during sudden protests?

during sudden protests by combining immense reach, , speed of peer-to-peer sharing, and the reuse of proven viral tactics from other crises — producing falsehoods that spread faster and farther than c...