Army tweaks social media guidelines; personnel can now sign up on Instagram, but as passive observers

New Delhi, ,25/12: The Indian Army has brought a change in its social media guidelines under which its personnel can now sign up on Instagram, but with a rider that they can use it only as “passive observers” without putting up posts or comments on the platform sources said on Thursday.

The move aims to augment the awareness level of Army personnel in the “digital age of information” and guard them against any potential or inadvertent leak of sensitive information, they said.