U.S. Service Members Can’t ‘Like’ Or Repost Extremist Content Under New Rules

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The Pentagon said Monday that service members are not allowed to "lik" or "repost" extremists on social media.

Colonel Don Campbell with members of the United States Army Fourth Infantry Division stand in front of a flag prior to the home opener between the Anaheim Angels and the Texas Rangers at the Ballpark in Arlington on April 9, 2004. The capture of Saddam Hussein was aided by the U.S. Fourth Infantry. Ronald Martinez is the photographer.

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Pentagon officials announced Monday a set of rules aimed at curbing extremism, including a ban on supporting the overthrow of the government.

The policy doesn't change what is prohibited, but it lays out more detailed rules about what is and isn't allowed on social media, defense officials told the Associated Press.

Under the new rules, a commander must determine if a service member was involved in an activity that was considered to be an Extremist activity.

Senior defense officials told the AP that the risk may be growing because relatively few service members have been involved in proven cases of extremists.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spearheaded a campaign to combat extremism in the military after veterans and current military personnel were charged with participating in the Capitol riot. William Braniff, who leads the University of Maryland's National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, told Defense One that recent attacks by white supremacists and other extremists are not a blip. The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General criticized the lack of standard protocols for reporting extremists in a December 1 report.

118. According to a University of Maryland study, there have been many charges against people with military background. Many of the participants had been separated from the military for more than a decade at the time of the riot. A total of 458 people with military background have been connected to crimes motivated by extremists.

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Countering extremism can sometimes be done by individuals. 69 of David Eastman's fellow West Point graduates published a letter condemning his "dangerous lies" and urging him to resign. He told the AP that he was grateful that Alaskans could choose their own representatives rather than those from outside the state.

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The military's definition of what qualifies as Extremism is skewed, according to the letter. The lawmakers argued that Bishop Garrison, head of the Pentagon's Countering Extremism Working Group, has a long history of anti-conservative bias, exemplified by a recent post in which he compared supporting former President Donald Trump with supporting racism.

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Defense One states that at least 458 US Crimes are tied to Extremism.