London Riots

The goal of this pearltree is to see the links between the web and the riots.
Please pearl only English content so that it can be broadcasted widely :) amsika Aug 9

London riots plus deprivation = interesting - James Cridland

Francis Fawcett contacted me with an interesting piece of work – overlaying my riots map (showing London riots from Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights, details here ) with the Index of Multiple Deprivation from 2007. You can see the results above. This index, in case you don’t know (and I didn’t) is constructed from different data which is weighted and combined together, and shows income, employment, health and disability, education, skills and training, barriers to housing and services, crime, and environment.

An artist's response to the riots 11/08/11 Editorial by Rebecca Mellor Looters have been described as 'feral rats', but what sort of society harbours, generates and fosters this sort of 'feral' behaviour?

UK Riots An Artist's Response - ArtLyst

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.

How the London riots showed us two sides of social networking

Fueled by Twitter & BBM?

Blocking Communications during riots ?

Identifying Rioters

#Riotcleanup

London riots plus deprivation = interesting - James Cridland

Since riots started in London on Saturday, 6 August, journalists – and many non-journalists, who may or may not think of themselves as citizen reporters – have been using a variety of online tools to tell the story of the riots and subsequent cleanup operation.

Five ways journalists used online tools

With the Metropolitan Police posting photos of suspected looters to Flickr after widespread rioting in the streets of London, online auction and commerce giant eBay has issued a statement saying it will work with authorities to identify and remove any listings linked to raids of various retailers over the past three days. With fashion outlets, sportswear shops and sellers of electronic goods targeted, it is thought that many of the individuals involved in the looting will turn to e-commerce websites including eBay and its subsidiary Gumtree to sell the items obtained by illegal means.

eBay confirms it will remove listings linked to looting in London

London MP Stella Creasy has asked people not to go on Amazon buying weapons.

Amazon withdraws truncheons after bumper sales

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