[x-pubpol] Twitter Braces for U.K. Censorship Following the Riots

[Joly MacFie]

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/08/twitter-braces-censorship-following-uk-riots/41127/


*The Guardian*<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/11/david-cameron-rioters-social-media>
claims
that "a move to disconnect potential rioters would mark a huge shift in
Britain's internet policy, with free speech advocates likely to accuse the
government of ushering in a new wave of online censorship." But not
everyone's convinced that it would mark such a significant departure from
current policy. British journalist Kevin Duffy
argues<http://twitter.com/#!/DuffyMedia/status/101628358672130048>
that
the U.K.'s Serious Crime Act of
2007<http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/27/section/44> "already
provides for prosecuting incitement, via any medium, to commit crime

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