Stars and Stripes: Starting Monday, the US Defense Department will block access to MySpace, YouTube and a host of other sites on official department computers worldwide, in an effort to boost its network efficiency.

Ironically, the Defense Department this year had just begun expanding its own use of YouTube to reach a younger, broader audience and show clips of U.S. troops in action.

Defense officials said the move is solely a reaction to the heavy drain the streaming video and audio can put on the defense computer network.

Stars and Stripes: Starting Monday, the US Defense Department will block access to MySpace, YouTube and a host of other sites on official department computers worldwide, in an effort to boost its network efficiency.
Ironically, the Defense Department this year had just begun expanding its own use of YouTube to reach a younger, broader audience and [...]