A campaign to raise awareness on the dangers of disseminating national security information on social media has been viewed more than 113 million times over the past 24 hours.
Protect Our Soldiers was launched by Abu Dhabi Media, publisher of The National.
“Abu Dhabi Media is committed to raise awareness on the best social media practices, especially on key issues that directly impact our community such as national and security issues,” said Hend Al Otaiba, Director of Strategic Communications for ADM.
“The civilian community is the nation’s back defence line and our campaign is part of our role in spreading awareness in the community on the safe use of those digital lines to safeguard the nation and its people.”
As part of the campaign, ADM highlighted that the spreading of security photos and information is a crime punishable by law, as is spreading rumours and inaccurate information.
Members of the community, social media users and bloggers are urged to get their information from official government channels only.
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