Facebook and Social Media Now Illegal for CAP?

arthurfreidheim · February 13, 2012, 01:46:03 PM

I have just been told (by command) that we are not allowed to make *any* mention of Civil Air Patrol on Facebook or *any* social media. I have been advised to remove all references to CAP from my Facebook account. Is this what everyone else is being told? CAP is now to be kept as a secret? Cannot list our participation, no pictures of anything? I would suspect that even this website is now in blatant violation of CAP regs. Is this really what is happening?

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Major Lord · February 13, 2012, 01:55:07 PM

Did your command cite any authority, regulation, written order, etc? Or did you perhaps do something ( like add your squadron's facebook link to amsterdamkiddieporn.com's website?) that might have caused you to be singled out?

Major Lord

c172drv · February 13, 2012, 01:56:24 PM

No one told the National Safety Officer because he is still up on Facebook and Twitter as I write this response. Must be a local thing.

arthurfreidheim · February 13, 2012, 01:59:40 PM

Sorry, I can't talk about it now. It's not just me, it is for everyone in CAP - I was not singled out. No pictures of CAP aircraft, no mention of membership, no references to CAP. This website is probably in complete violation as of now. And no, I am not trolling or flaming.

c172drv · February 13, 2012, 02:03:55 PM

I suspect the black vans are in route to all of our houses now. Good thing I'm on the road.

Extremepredjudice · February 13, 2012, 02:13:22 PM

Quote from: c172drv on February 13, 2012, 02:03:55 PM
I suspect the black vans are in route to all of our houses now. Good thing I'm on the road.

I'm charging mah lazer!

jeders · February 13, 2012, 02:21:50 PM

Considering his other thread, I think that it's just a local issue. But just in case, I'm going to go hide in my zombie proof bunker now until the black vans pass.

a2capt · February 13, 2012, 03:34:22 PM

No aircraft, no mention, no ..nothing.

Step back for a moment and just thing how incredibly ludicrous that sounds.

You'd need an army of black van people just to enforce it.

Talk about Unfunded Mandate.

arthurfreidheim · February 13, 2012, 03:38:11 PM

They are quite serious about it.

ßτε · February 13, 2012, 03:39:15 PM

They who?

davidsinn · February 13, 2012, 03:41:20 PM

Quote from: arthurfreidheim on February 13, 2012, 03:38:11 PM
They are quite serious about it.

National has several facebook pages. My wing has Facebook, Twitter and Youtube pages and pretty much requires subordinate units to have face book pages. Prove what you are claiming.

jeders · February 13, 2012, 03:41:50 PM

Quote from: arthurfreidheim on February 13, 2012, 03:38:11 PM
They are quite serious about it.

Really? So then we should ignore the fact that no mention of this new policy exists anywhere on the web? And we should ignore the fact that National still has Facebook, Twitter, etc. active?

I think either someone is being stupid, or someone is pulling your chain. Or you really are just trolling.

JeffDG · February 13, 2012, 03:46:24 PM

Quote from: ß τ ε on February 13, 2012, 03:39:15 PM
They who?

You know...THEY. Same folks who spread the chemtrails and put flouride in the water to act as a mind-control agent.

Extremepredjudice · February 13, 2012, 03:47:20 PM

Quote from: JeffDG on February 13, 2012, 03:46:24 PM
Quote from: ß τ ε on February 13, 2012, 03:39:15 PM
They who?
You know...THEY. Same folks who spread the chemtrails and put flouride in the water to act as a mind-control agent.

The shadowy overlords, don't you know that?

arthurfreidheim · February 13, 2012, 03:49:32 PM

No posting of anything on FB or other social media except through official channels. Was discussed at recent conferences. National is involved. So I am being told.

♠SARKID♠ · February 13, 2012, 03:55:59 PM

If that were true, they would never be able to stem the tide of hate mail from the members telling them to do impolite things to themselves.

Spaceman3750 · February 13, 2012, 03:58:40 PM

Quote from: arthurfreidheim on February 13, 2012, 03:49:32 PM
No posting of anything on FB or other social media except through official channels. Was discussed at recent conferences. National is involved. So I am being told.

All that means is "don't circumvent the mission PIO or echelon PAO". That's not new - posting things to FB or other social media outlets about missions and similar activity except by the IC or PIO has been verboten since the inception of ICS and OPSEC.

By the way, why did you nuke your post?

arthurfreidheim · February 13, 2012, 04:00:46 PM

Not even sure I can talk about it here. Yes, I think this is stupid.

davidsinn · February 13, 2012, 04:05:16 PM

Quote from: arthurfreidheim on February 13, 2012, 04:00:46 PM
Not even sure I can talk about it here. Yes, I think this is stupid.

You misunderstood what they were trying to tell you. All you can't do is post mission pics or discuss mission activities without clearing it first. I've posted oride pics day of, because I sent an email to the wing PAO first and she gave me some simple stlye guidelines to follow and then cut me loose to do my thing.

arthurfreidheim · February 13, 2012, 04:06:37 PM

I hope it is that simple. But that is not what I am being told.