The Department of Defense has ordered all of its official social media accounts to be suspended if the posts do not raise the profile of the Trump administration's second mission at the southern border, according to three Defense Department officials, according to NBC News.
Officials told NBC News that the guidelines were detailed Friday, but that military and non-military personnel were verbally instructed to refrain from using X or updating any other official social media accounts. Many pages of the Ministry of Defense's social networks were already silent when the message was published. According to the memorandum, the suspension of the social networks will last until February 3.
In addition to the exemptions for southern border content, the Defense Department also allowed its staff to repost announcements from the official White House account and post updates on certain types of information, including base operations, road closures, clinic and school delays and recruiting.
