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Eugene

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Wed Feb 20, 2019, 03:21 PM Feb 2019

Russia bans smartphones for soldiers over social media fears

Source: BBC

Russia bans smartphones for soldiers over social media fears

20 February 2019

Russia's parliament has voted to ban soldiers from using smartphones while on duty, after their social media use raised issues of national security.

The bill forbids military personnel from using a phone with the ability to take pictures, record videos and access the internet.

Soldiers also cannot write about the military or talk to journalists.

More than 400 of 450 lawmakers in Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, backed the law on Tuesday.

Phones with basic calling and messaging facilities could still be used, but tablets and laptops would also subject to the new ban.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47302938
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Russia bans smartphones for soldiers over social media fears (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2019 OP
Oh no, a Russian soldier assisted me with his smartphone maps when sinkingfeeling Feb 2019 #1
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