The Russian defense ministry has drafted a law banning professional soldiers and other military personnel from posting on social media on security grounds.
The act says photos, videos and other materials uploaded to the Internet can reveal military details that are useful to the enemy.
An automatic geographic location can display the deployment location of a military unit.
The Act affects "contract" soldiers who can be sent abroad, not conscripts.
Russian soldiers have deployed troops in Ukraine and Syria.
For example, on July 2014, the BBC's Myroslava Petsa posted a post on Twitter by Russian soldiers, who proudly reported to pro-
Russian rebels in Ukraine
In March 2014, Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, and in the following month, rebels seized large areas of Donetsk and Luhansk. mainly Russian-
Speech area in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian and Western governments have accused Russia of providing heavy weapons and reinforcements to the rebels.
Russia has admitted that some of its "volunteers" are helping the rebels, but has denied sending regular troops.
In a YouTube video, Simon Ostrovsky, a journalist at Simon News, revealed how a social media post by a Russian soldier asked him to confirm the direct role of the Russian army in fighting in eastern Ukraine.
On August 2014, an article from The Bellingcat investigation team said that Russian soldiers posted posts on social media confirming the death of 76 Russian airborne members in eastern Ukraine.
The mission is based in Pskov, western Russia.
Bellingcat specializes in analyzing social media and documenting conflicts including Russia's military role in Syria. So-
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Run a complex social media business.
The jihadist not only fought in the United States
The coalition, led in Iraq and Syria, also has Russian troops allied with Syrian government forces.
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Russian Defense Ministry says two national security agencies
FSB and FSO-
They have banned employees from posting social media content about themselves or their jobs.
Tass news agency reported that the new ban affecting armed forces personnel is expected to take effect on January 2018.
BBC technical correspondent Chris FoxxAll's main social network lets people share their location when they post photos and information online.
This can help people find content from a given location, such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The location data of the smartphone is very accurate
Within a few meters-
Some social networks allow you to do very specific searches.
It's too easy to send a tweet without realizing the location-
Sharing is opened, which may reveal the exact location of the troops.
Many people don't realize that photos taken with the smartphone's default camera app often also have embedded location data.
Of course, a regular old selfie can reveal your location to those who can identify the background.
The Ukrainian military is also concerned that its soldiers have revealed too much on social media.
The Kiev Post reported these issues on 2015, when it was with Pro
Russian rebels are more fierce.
Dmytro podchansky, Dnipro, Ukraine, said: "In some cases, the positions were disclosed, resulting in active shelling1 Regiment.