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Londoners Use Twitter To Coordinate Riot Cleanup. Londoners respond to riots with #RiotCleanup and… CatchaLooter. As we’ve seen in the last couple of days, a combination of technologies appears to have helped rioters and looters in London, and other parts of the UK, co-ordinate their efforts, just as these technologies were used to more noble ends in the Arab Spring.

Londoners respond to riots with #RiotCleanup and… CatchaLooter

That’s the thing with tech – human beings are involved and they can use it for good or evil. The tech itself is neither good or bad. But the picture that is emerging in London is that the private group messaging available on BlackBerry Messaging was almost certainly useful for spreading ‘targets’ for the riots, while Twitter and Facebook became an amplifier once a incident had got going, drawing others in. Social Media Mobilizes Riot Cleanup. After days of riots in London, thousands of Londoners and worldwide supporters are taking to social networks to help reclaim the streets of London.

Social Media Mobilizes Riot Cleanup

While rioters took to the underground paths of BlackBerry Messenger to organize, the highly spreadable mediums of Twitter and Facebook have shown to be the perfect platforms for mobilizing cleanup organizers and followers in the early aftermath of the rioting. For the most part, organization has been very smooth, with a few key hubs across social platforms taking root. The @RiotCleanup Twitter page has amassed more than 50,000 followers in fewer than 10 hours and is consistently broadcasting cleanup locations and times, along with other pertinent information regarding the initiative. On Facebook, a similar page has emerged as the central location for information on the world's largest social network. And for a more static look at where the action is, riotcleanup.co.uk is being constantly updated with cleanup location information. Clean Up London (riotcleanup)...