“With porn, you can at least have some kind of AI that will give a rough flag at the beginning that this looks vaguely like porn,” said Golbeck, the University of Maryland professor. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Yuri Gripas/ReutersįBI probes pro-Russia social media account's spread of classified information The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal is seen at FBI headquarters in Washington, U.S. “This is about maturity and how certain people seek value from interpersonal relationships and approval from peers and the competitive nature that gaming group members bond over,” Brooks told CNN.Ĭlassified or sensitive documents are also a unique problem for content moderators on social media sites.
“Past incidents show how hard it is to stop these leaks,” said Casey Brooks, an Army veteran and video game fan. That the warning came as classified documents allegedly shared by Teixeira sat on Discord appears to be entirely a coincidence many US officials appeared unaware of the leak until news of it broke on April 6. “Don’t post anything in Discord that you wouldn’t want seen by the general public,” reads a pamphlet published by US Army Special Operations Command in March. There were signs that Pentagon officials were growing wary of information young service members might share on Discord even before news of Teixeira’s alleged leak broke. The top of the Air Force Gaming website includes a link to join the program’s Discord channel.
The Pentagon is trying to tap into online youth culture without it backfiring spectacularly, as it allegedly did with Teixeira.Īn Air Force Gaming program that allows service members to compete in video game leagues to, according to a Pentagon press release, “build morale and mental health resiliency,” has more than 28,000 members. Teixeira allegedly posted the documents – which included sensitive US intelligence on the war in Ukraine – to a private Discord chat in an attempt to look after his online friends and keep them informed, one member of the chatroom has claimed. Inside the furious week-long scramble to hunt down a massive Pentagon leak “But if the culture of the platform shifts to rewarding things that you shouldn’t be doing, it can hard if you’re really invested in that that social group to give that up.” “A lot of these guys find their social circles in these online gaming spaces, and that can be great,” said Jennifer Golbeck, a professor at the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies.
The episodes point to vexing challenges for social media platforms like Discord – where 21-year old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira allegedly began posting classified information in December – and the US military, which has used Discord for recruiting.ĭiscord and other platforms face a difficult balancing act in giving young gamers the space to be themselves while also detecting when they post illegal content. There is currently “no structured process,” for the government to communicate whether documents posted on social media are classified or even authentic, Clint Smith, Discord’s chief legal officer, said in an April 14 statement that described classified military documents as a “significant, complex challenge” for Discord and other platforms. The recent leaks on Discord exposed a shortcoming in how the US government alerts platforms that they are hosting sensitive or classified information, according to Discord’s top lawyer. Member of chatroom where leaked Pentagon documents surfaced tells CNN alleged leaker didn't want users to be 'shocked by news cycles'
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