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Were the London riots really fuelled by Facebook and Twitter? | Media | guardian.co.uk
London riots: a looted O2 mobile phone store in Tottenham Hale retail park. Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features In October 1985, on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham where the death of Cynthia Jarrett sparked riots that culminated in the brutal murder of PC Keith Blakelock, a community leader stood on his chair at a packed open-air meeting. The man bellowed into a megaphone to the 150 residents in front of him: "You tell them that it's a life for a life from now on. This is war." Over whoops and cheers from the residents, he turned to a huddle of police officers standing 50 yards away and warned: "I hope you're listening.
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How Blackberry, not Twitter, fuelled the fire under London’s riots
Computer hackers have defaced the official website of BlackBerry owner Research In Motion, in a retaliatory attack over the comp
2.30pm: Good afternoon and welcome to the Guardian's continuing live coverage of the unrest in London and the rest of Britain. The cleanup from last night's trouble is well under way, and preparations are being made for tonight. It's clear that the police, particularly in London, are preparing a far more robust response. Here's a summary of events so far today. • The riots that have plagued London for three consecutive nights have claimed their first life.
The UK government is contemplating tactics against the UK riots that set dangerous precedents.
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Facial recognition technology slated for London's 2012 Olympics is being used to find rioters
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Twitter is right: keep the tweets flowing - Telegraph
There has also been much press about the clean up groups who have taken the streets in admirable numbers to put right the wrongs– again largely orchestrated through Twitter. And despite Lammy’s fears over the police not being able to keep on top of the rioters using their private BBM network to plan their next move, all of these networks have provided an incredibly important source of intelligence to the authorities and the media alike. RIM, Blackberry’s parent company, has also agreed to work with authorities . Shut them down and they will have even less idea of what’s going on.
The UK government is contemplating tactics against the UK riots that set dangerous precedents.
**Anonymity and social censorship in the UK riots « BuzzMachine
3.12pm: Welcome to our continuing coverage of the riots. Here are few of today's main developments in parliament following David Cameron's statement: • Instant messaging services will be reviewed : "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," said the prime minister. • The police will have new powers to order people to remove facemasks .
UK riots: Commons debate and live updates | Politics | guardian.co.uk
Police thwarted planned riots with the help of intelligence garnered from BlackBerry messages. Photograph: Amer Hilabi/AFP/Getty Images Scotland Yard stopped attacks by rioters on sites across London hours before they had been due to take place after managing to "break into" encrypted social messaging sites, it has emerged.
Police accessed BlackBerry messages to thwart planned riots | UK news | guardian.co.uk
I watched in disbelief, horror, and dismay as news broke of Londoners laying waste to their—and my—city. My part of South London, Tulse Hill, escaped the riots, probably for want of anything to steal, but businesses were attacked a mile away in Streatham, and widespread looting hit nearby Brixton. For the past four nights, the wail of police and fire sirens has been a continuous feature of the city's soundtrack. These events are a godsend for 24-hour rolling news, but they also show its limitations.
How the London riots showed us two sides of social networking
Anonymous protests close San Francisco underground stations | World news | The Guardian
The Bart station Civic Centre was shut down after protesters gathered there. Police said there had been no arrests. Photograph: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press Four San Francisco underground rail stations shut temporarily on Monday during a demonstration organised by the hacker group Anonymous over alleged police brutality and freedom of speech.AMY GOODMAN : As we talk about what happened at the BART stations in San Francisco and then take this global, we are turning to a closer look at a shadowy hacker activist group known as Anonymous. The group made headlines again this weekend when it hacked into the BART website mybart.org and leaked the names, phone numbers and passwords of passengers in retaliation for BART’s decision to shut down cell phone service at the four stations last week. Anonymous dubbed the campaign OpBART. This is a part of the message posted on YouTube about the operation.