After banning YouTube, military launches TroopTube

November 11th, 2008 By JESSICA MINTZ , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- The U.S. military, with help from Seattle startup Delve Networks, has launched a video-sharing Web site for troops, their families and supporters, a year and a half after restricting access to YouTube and other video sites.

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• brant - Nov 11, 2008
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  Proud of censorship????
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• CreepyD - Nov 12, 2008
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  Surely there are other options other than you tube anyway? There's gotta be hundreds of ways of keeping in touch / sharing sharing through the internet.
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• ShadowRam - Nov 12, 2008
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  Who are they trying to kid?
  Censorship and propaganda control.
  
  Freakin sad.
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