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25th Aug 2011, 03:24 AM
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| Just a miserable pile of secrets. Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 4 Bisexual. Out Status: Not out at all Location: England, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,025 Join Date: May 2011 |  Social Network Bosses to meet with the UK Home Secretary. There have recently been calls from Conservative politicians to block or rescrict the use of social networking sites during riots. Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry bosses are expected to meet with the Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss the options available. Facebook and Twitter to oppose calls for social media blocks during riots | Media | The Guardian Twitter study casts doubts on ministers' post-riots plan | UK news | The Guardian Considering that rescrition of social networking sites only happens in countries like China and Syria, when I heard about this it shocked me. I highly doubt that the social network bosses would agree to this though. What are your thoughts on this?
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25th Aug 2011, 05:06 AM
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| let watchers become warriors Full Member  Gender: You tell me. Orientation: Hey good lookin'. *wink* Out Status: It's pretty obvious. Location: Alabama *cue banjos* Age: 26 Posts: 2,118 Join Date: Nov 2010 | Re: Social Network Bosses to meet with the UK Home Secretary. Quote:
__________________ Shelter me oh genius words, just give me strength / to pen these things, and give me peace to well her wings / and oh, oh carry on, all you minstrels of the world, we will catch our lady's ear, we will win for us the girl. | |
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25th Aug 2011, 07:17 AM
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| Janis Ian's Lesbian Crush Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Facebook, not hiding at college Location: Michigan Age: 19 Posts: 2,071 Join Date: Dec 2010 | Re: Social Network Bosses to meet with the UK Home Secretary. Quote:
Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. But seriously, what do they think that will stop? There are so many other ways for rioters to communicate. And that's if the social network bosses agree to this.
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25th Aug 2011, 12:04 PM
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| The one and only Full Member   Gender: Genderqueer Orientation: Kinsey 4 Out Status: to most people who matter Location: Rochester, NY Age: 23 Posts: 455 Join Date: Jan 2011 | Re: Social Network Bosses to meet with the UK Home Secretary. Are they going to block texting as well? What about email? Forums like EC? Dating sites? AIM? Just because they block or restrict a form of communication, they will always find a way around it.
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25th Aug 2011, 12:09 PM
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| let watchers become warriors Full Member Gender: You tell me. Orientation: Hey good lookin'. *wink* Out Status: It's pretty obvious. Location: Alabama *cue banjos* Age: 26 Posts: 2,118 Join Date: Nov 2010 | Re: Social Network Bosses to meet with the UK Home Secretary. I think it goes without saying that I think this is super-fascist of the United Kingdom to consider (in the same vein as Iran knocking out their social networking during the Iran Revolution) but in one nation under CCTV, I can't honestly say I'm surprised.
__________________ Shelter me oh genius words, just give me strength / to pen these things, and give me peace to well her wings / and oh, oh carry on, all you minstrels of the world, we will catch our lady's ear, we will win for us the girl. |
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25th Aug 2011, 02:34 PM
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| TheDude Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Bedfordshire, England Age: 18 Posts: 545 Join Date: Oct 2008 | Re: Social Network Bosses to meet with the UK Home Secretary. This is stupid, they are acting like the social networks facilitated the riots. Ok, so technically they were organised via the social networking sites. But considering that I reckon that within each individual riot many of them knew each other or were connected to a small cluster of people, it could easily have been organised just by, you know, speech.
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