Defense Dept. Blocks MySpace, YouTube, BlackPlanet

The U.S. Department of Defense is set to block websites including MySpace, YouTube, Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos and FileCabi; the photo-sharing site Photobucket; other social networks BlackPlanet and Hi5; and music services Pandora, MTV.com, 1.fm and Live365. on its worldwide networks, citing a need to protect information and lessen the strain on bandwidth.


"This recreational traffic impacts our official DoD network and bandwidth ability, while posing a significant operational security challenge," Gen. B.B. Bell, the U.S. Forces Korea commander, said in a memo sent on Friday.

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