War with the Taliban on Twitter

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26 October 2011

The fighting in Afghanistan is not just bullet s and bombs,
right now U.S. forces are utilizing a different form of fighting back, via Twitter to get out the other side of the story.
“The Taliban were just constantly putting out false
information and propaganda.” said Lieutenant Colonel Jimmie Cummings.
“Some of it was so wrong we finally had to start engaging, and backing up our
information with the facts.”
In an email exchange with CNN, Cummings stated this form of
social media allows them to keep their followers dynamically informed while
also keeping the enemy’s statements in check.
According to Cummings, he and other members of the public
affairs team work in a big room together at the headquarters of the
International Security Assistance Force and when one of the tweets comes in from the
other side there is a group discussion on how to react, then the two military
personnel type a response.
Despite the fact Cummings may think there are reaching out
to a younger generation, we have expert advice saying forms of this type of
communication can be hard to evaluate. As of today the International Security Assistance Force claims more than 14,000 followers on its twitter account, and this competition between U.S. forces and their enemies is just getting started.
"We believe so far we have been successful with our increased social media
activities," Cummings said. "ISAF (NATO's International Security
Assistance Force) will continue to grow and improve in this part of our
communication realm."


Source:
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/26/4835/?hpt=wo_t3


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