Friday, 12 August 2011

UK may disrupt social networks during unrest


How ironic that a year ago civil unrest of this nature was something that that happened “somewhere else”! Now they are contemplating the same repressive measures as Mubarak’s Egypt and China




(Reuters) - Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move widely condemned as repressive when used by other countries.

Egyptian authorities shut down mobile and Internet services in January during mass protests against then-President Hosni Mubarak, while China is quick to shut down online communication it sees as subversive.

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