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

[Joly MacFie]

More reactions..
http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/otoh/2011/08/10811-cameron-to-censor-twitter-and-facebook-are-you-joking/




On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

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