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equipment, all through the simple sharing of a photo transmitted and intercepted in the ether. A
reflection is a must and imposes itself as a necessary epiphany: "the soldier abroad respects a
specific dress code that requires him not to wear patches of his department, or scratch it with his
surname, or deems it appropriate to deprive himself of the wedding ring to conceal the existence
of emotional bonds to prying eyes (local worker, foreign colleague), without considering,
however, the risk inherent in the sole existence of their social page and what was shared there,
even years before "
From this point of view, any use of the free-trade apparatus
represents a danger, both random and real for the military, even
if engaged in recreational activities or sports gymnastics
(applications that track the lifestyle habits or favorite itineraries
to follow); the framework of behaviors susceptible to
censorship, therefore, appears to be very broad and not easy to
exemplify. It is important to draw attention to some emblematic
behaviors, including the publication of contents, photographs or
videos relating to service activities that may actually disclose
operating procedures that must remain confidential, without
considering the possible violation of privacy regulations or the
possible lesion of the image of the Institutions with regard to
more or less explicit and discriminatory positions referable to
the sexual, religious, political or other sphere which, although
an expression of the individual, reverberates on the institution of belonging. The advent of new
technologies and the immediate and global possibility to access and feed the information present
on social networks ultimately represents a real threat to the safety of military personnel,
infrastructures and military secrecy whenever, albeit in the absence of malice or effective
awareness of the potential impairment of the Armed Force, we proceed to the dissemination, on
or through these communication tools, including third parties, of photographs and / or any
additional digital information related to
aspects peculiar to the operating context
within which we operate or referred you
are aware of your status - assignment -
function.
In relation to the considerations
expressed above, in recent years, the
Italian Armed Forces and allied, with
particular regard to the contingents
deployed in TOE, are oriented, through
the circulation of circulars, interventions
and the search for a constant dialogue on
the part of the hierarchical superiors, not only towards the imposition of prohibitions related to

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