Why does Russia intend to ban soldiers from sending photos and videos online?

The Russian Ministry of Defense recently drafted a regulation prohibiting military personnel from posting photos, videos and other content on social networking sites, saying that this is for security reasons. Although the military management is relatively strict, there are also some Russian soldiers taking photos, taking selfies and videos on social networking sites. However, this kind of behavior will soon be banned.

According to the Russian Tass news agency, this regulation of the Russian Ministry of Defense said that after uploading photos, videos and other content to social networking sites, military information useful to the enemy may be exposed. These Provisions shall be implemented from June 20 18 to June 20 18, and both conscripts and contract soldiers shall implement these Provisions.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the reason for making such a regulation was mainly because of fear of leaking secrets. For example, on 20 16, the photos taken by Russian navy soldiers on the Russian aircraft carrier Kuznetsov attracted attention. Through these photos, people can clearly see many details in the hangar, which is a rare analysis material for intelligence agencies in other countries.

Even if there is no confidential information in the photo, the positioning function of the photo may cause disaster. It turns out that many smart phones have turned on the positioning function by default, and the positioning is very accurate with an error of only a few meters. After soldiers upload photos, videos and other content on social networking sites, intelligence agencies in other countries are likely to obtain important military information based on location information. The BBC reported that in 20 14, western countries determined that Russian troops entered eastern Ukraine according to the positioning of this photo, but the Russian side denied this.

Now that the information society is so developed, as a soldier, it's better not to have nothing to do with sending photos! !