London’s burning, and it may lead to a clampdown on social media in the UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday suggested censoring social media in response to the violence. Mobs reportedly communicating in part through BlackBerry Messenger, and later social media sites, wreaked havoc throughout the UK. Research In Motion’s UK office responded to news of the disturbances by tweeting that it would help the authorities in any way it could. That led to a storm of protest and the hijacking of RIM’s Inside BlackBerry blog page by hacker group TeamPoison.
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The UK Riots, RIM and the Price of Privacy
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 12, 2011 05:00 AMLondon’s burning, and it may lead to a clampdown on social media in the UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday suggested censoring social media in response to the violence. Mobs reportedly communicating in part through BlackBerry Messenger, and later social media sites, wreaked havoc throughout the UK. Research In Motion’s UK office responded to news of the disturbances by tweeting that it would help the authorities in any way it could. That led to a storm of protest and the hijacking of RIM’s Inside BlackBerry blog page by hacker group TeamPoison.