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In wars and deadly conflicts of the past, families were notified they lost a loved one in a dignified manner that doesn\u2019t always exist<\/a> nowadays, according to a retired U.S. Army Major.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Sonja Stribling, PhD,\u00a0is an entrepreneur and motivational speaker who helps women build businesses, but prior to that she had a 21-year military career as a highly decorated combat veteran\u00a0and casualty officer. During one of her tours in Iraq, the retired U.S. Army<\/a> Major was responsible for identifying dead bodies, finding killed in-action soldiers and making sure their families found out the tragic news that they lost a loved in the respectful way the relatives of heroes deserve. But modern technology has changed everything, and Stribling is troubled by social media playing a huge role in the process she once poured her heart into.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“What I’m seeing happen now, where people are finding out on the internet about their family being murdered, killed, violated, it\u2019s just, as an understatement, it\u2019s devastating,” Stribling\u00a0told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Stribling\u00a0watched in disbelief on the day of the terror attack when footage of the devastation hit social media, showing everything from the bodies of victims to raw footage of Israeli hostages being taken to Gaza. While most of the victims were civilians, and Stribling largely worked on identifying soldiers, she\u2019s horrified for anyone who finds out a loved one has been killed while casually scrolling social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stribling\u00a0explained that when she served, the military would turn off all ability to communicate outside her unit whenever someone was missing. The purpose of this was to prevent phone calls or other forms of communication if anyone wanted to jump the gun and call back home with tragic news. Once approved by a general, families would be properly informed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Families weren’t notified by a phone call, or email or online,” she said. “They were notified by someone knocking on their door and letting them know that they lost a loved one.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Stribling believes social media has “tremendously” changed the ability to provide immediate information.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“People are pulling out their phones, they’re posting it online\u2026 social media has expedited the notification, but expediting the notification is not always good,” she said. “Especially in these situations, because family members are finding out by unofficial people about what’s happening.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stribling\u00a0believes there should be grace to the process when families receive the worst-imaginable news.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There should be empathy and sympathy to this. It\u2019s not just, \u2018Hey, this is what’s happening. This is what we see, this is what’s going on,\u2019 and that’s very unfortunate,” Stribling\u00a0said. “It’s already tragic as it is, but social media has taken to a whole new level of notifying people.”<\/p>\n

Stribling\u00a0has been stunned watching footage of Hamas\u2019 terror attacks and Israel\u2019s retaliation<\/a> from her home, as anyone can pull out a phone and share carnage with the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“We’re watching this in real time as if you’re there, but you’re really not there. But it’s in real time. And when I was there, I know my heart was beating fast, I’m nervous, you’re in prayer because you’re like, \u2018Oh, please, just let me make it home,\u2019 and now people are sitting back watching this,” she said. “Someone else that is there, you are you watching it through their eyes, but you’re watching it through their phone. So social media, the platforms have changed the game forever.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

She “can\u2019t even imagine” if social media and camera phones were available during some of history\u2019s deadliest wars, and doesn\u2019t think revealing the identity of victims or posting misinformation on social media should be allowed \u2013 although she\u2019s well aware that it won\u2019t be stopped.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s kind of something you can’t really prevent, because these are mostly civilians that are going through this. So, it’s devastating that social media \u2013 one of the most powerful tools that was created \u2013 now is something that is jeopardizing possibly the lives of people,” she said. “And people are finding out information that they should not find out until it’s reported, and the information is accurate.”<\/p>\n

For more Culture, Media, Education, Opinion and channel coverage, visit <\/strong><\/i>foxnews.com\/media<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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