[x-pubpol] UK; MPs: Rioting should not lead to Twitter blocks

[Joly MacFie]

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2011/12/20/mps-rioting-should-not-lead-to-twitter-blocks-40094692/

Social networks such as Blackberry Messenger and Facebook were used to
incite criminal
behaviour<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2011/08/09/hacker-tries-to-blackmail-rim-over-riot-data-40093655/>,
the home affairs select committeesaid in a report on
Monday<http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/home-affairs/HC%201456-I%20Final%20Report.pdf>
(PDF).
Nevertheless, social media was also used by the police for intelligence
purposes<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security/2011/08/17/police-say-twitter-and-bbm-gave-riot-intelligence-40093704/>
and
to reassure the public, said the committee.

"It would be actively unhelpful to switch off social media during times of
widespread and serious disorder and we strongly recommend that this does
not happen," the report said.

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