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Last update - 19:12 23/04/2008 IDF soldier jailed for posting sensitive photos on Facebook By TheMarker Tags: Israel, IDF, Facebook  A soldier from the elite Intelligence Corps unit "8200" was sentenced to 19 days in prison for uploading photos taken on his base without approval to the popular social networking site Facebook. This is the first time the Israel Defense Forces has sentenced a soldier to military jail for an offense of this sort. The Israel Air Force has recently instructed all servicemen under their command who are serving in sensitive units to remove any photos they may have uploaded to Facebook. Advertisement The IAF order does not apply to soldiers from the rest of the IDF, many of whom have uploaded photos taken during their army service, including pictures that show not only the units in which they serve, but also depict the soldiers deployed with highly sensitive or classified weapons platforms. Disclosing information of this sort violates IDF regulations, but due to the rapid growth of the internet and social networking sites in recent years, it has been difficult for the IDF to put a stop to the phenomenon. The Israel Defense Forces Spokesman issued a statement that said the incident in question was "known to us and will be dealt with severely in keeping with IDF regulations." The Spokesman also said the IDF will take measures to educate soldiers about the dangers inherent in the "careless civilian use of the internet". Related articles: IDF soldiers ordered not to reveal too much on Facebook Facebook face-off: Settlers win right to list country as Israel, not Palestine Facebook, Google founders to attend Jerusalem conference in May Bookmark to del.icio.us   Peer pressure Facing widespread pressure, Nadine Gordimer may pull out of Israel writers meet. My struggle German Jewish leader backs the publication of an annotated version of Hitler's Mein Kampf.   1.   This soldier is by no means intelligent or elite 19:15  |  Murray the Mongoose 23/04/08   2.   PUT him in Prison for 1 year, and the phenomena will Stop 19:25  |  Gil 23/04/08   3.   PUT him in Prison for 1 year, and the phenomena will Stop 19:28  |  Gil 23/04/08   4.   Tell every soldier to remove them!! 19:42  |  Avi 23/04/08   5.   Tell every soldier to remove them!! 19:43  |  Avi 23/04/08   6.   Fashionably stupid or just thoughtless? 20:12  |  Mark Lincoln 23/04/08   7.   Incredible 20:26  |  marcello 23/04/08   8.   IDF your platoon is showing Pictures 21:13  |  Zev 23/04/08   9.   Paranoia 21:22  |  Sens 23/04/08   10.   If this is a soldier from the elite Intelligence Corps.... 22:30  |  Luigi 23/04/08   11.   IDF Soldier 22:33  |  Charlie 23/04/08   12.   #6, MarkL, all kids are stupid these days 22:34  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/08   13.   This soldier shows he isn`t elite and he.... 22:35  |  Deborah 23/04/08   14.   Extremely difficult psychoanalysis and personality tests 22:40  |  Dror 23/04/08   15.   The Dream Team...of Nasrallah 22:48  |  Army MD 23/04/08   16.   #14 Dror 23:21  |  Arie 23/04/08   17.   #14, Dror 23:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/08   18.   #14 Dror, Right on! 02:02  |  Dutch 24/04/08   19.   #14 Dror you must look at who their role models are too 03:44  |  Dutch 24/04/08   20.   Sensitive? 04:37  |  jjvanka 24/04/08   21.   My first response to Dutch was innapropriate 16:42  |  Dror 24/04/08   22.   put in in the knesset 16:42  |  tzvi nokam 24/04/08   23.   what are they thinking? ROSHIM B`ANONIM! (heads in clouds) 17:31  |  david 24/04/08   24.   Photos by IDF 18:31  |  Moshe Goldstein 24/04/08   25.   IDF Photos 18:33  |  Moshe Goldstein 24/04/08   26.   #19 Dutch, get your nose out of the air and learn the truth! 18:40  |  Christian 24/04/08   27.   No thank you Dorris Dutch 20:54  |  Dror 24/04/08   28.   Come! Let?s Change the Wor(l)d Together! 05:10  |  Mahmood Qazi 25/04/08   29.   #26, Christian... 05:09  |  Silvienne 26/04/08   30.   #27, Dror, just a little excessive, don`t you think? 05:11  |  Silvienne 26/04/08

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