The Marine Corps’ social media guidance refers Marines back to DoD Directive 1344.10. In short, you are barred from doing online what you can’t do in person. Sgt. Gary Stein, a meteorologist with 1st Intelligence Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif., was warned by superiors in the spring that his work to launch the “Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots” group on Facebook came close to violating DoD political speech guidelines.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/10/marine-election-rules-100910w/
“Came close to violating” means “did not violate”.
What changed between then and now?