Military Seeks To Better Screen Social Media In Fight Against Extremism

The Dept. of Defense is looking at stepping up the screening of the social media presence of servicemembers as part of efforts to weed out extremism, reports Military.com.

In training materials distributed as part of a standdown to discuss extremism, the Pentagon said that it was examining a scalable means of screening social media as part of the background investigation progress.

The materials indicated that servicemembers and civilian employees of the Pentagon will have to...