Comments on: The Utter Ridiculousness of David Cameron’s Proposed London Riot Social Media Ban http://198.46.88.49/electrotech/social/the-utter-ridiculousness-of-david-camerons-proposed-london-riot-social-media-ban Lifestyle Intelligence Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:06:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 By: Martin Iddon http://198.46.88.49/electrotech/social/the-utter-ridiculousness-of-david-camerons-proposed-london-riot-social-media-ban#comment-5364 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:45:00 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=20872#comment-5364 Did we really expect anything else? Completely agree with article (and Bill E’s point about some Police Forces) but Social Media has been the bad guy for sometime now and its the easy target for right-wing press to demonise as its something those scary ‘feral youth’ use. Cameron just had to carry on the meme to keep his base happy.

]]> By: Bill Ellson http://198.46.88.49/electrotech/social/the-utter-ridiculousness-of-david-camerons-proposed-london-riot-social-media-ban#comment-5363 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:45:00 +0000 http://198.46.88.49/?p=20872#comment-5363 I wholeheartedly agree with the general thrust of the article, but it should be noted that many county police forces were monitoring Twitter and engaging quickly with other users to quell rumours & scaremongering. Cambridgeshire Police @cambcops and Merseyside Police @MerseyPolice are two forces that immediately spring to mind, but there were many others. Unsurprising the Metropolitan Police were as hopeless as ever.

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