08-11-2011, 11:33 AM
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UK Considers Cutting Off Twitter, BlackBerry
Queue up the tin foil hats and goose steppers.... 
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UK Considers Cutting Off Twitter, BlackBerry During Riots
The UK government is considering cutting off social networks and messaging services such as Twitter and BlackBerry Messenger at times of social unrest. The controversial plans come after riots have spread from London to several other large UK cities.
"Everyone watching these horrific actions will be stuck by how they were organized via social media," said the country's Prime Minister David Cameron in a statement. "When people are using social media for violence we need to stop them," he added, "so we are working with the police, the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality."
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