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Summary Making online friends could play into the hands of enemy.
Chinas Peoples Liberation Army said that roughly 2.3 million soldiers will be banned from using social media.The worlds largest military force has notified servicemen and women that it will strictly enforce the ban to safeguard military secrets and the purity and solidarity. Passing on personal details such as a soldiers address, duties or contact details could risk revealing the location of military bases. Risks exist in users posting photos of themselves, such as during training, which could divulge military capabilities and equipment. Soldiers must be made to understand the real dangers of making friends online and to strengthen their knowledge of the enemy situation. China has nearly half a billion online users and Chinese-language social media sites similar to Facebook and Twitter count hundreds of millions of users.
