70 Percent Of Brits Would Agree With Shutting Down Twitter During Civil Unrest
A new survey indicates that the majority of Brits would agree with their government or service providers shutting down social media during an outbreak of civil unrest in their country.
Security firm Unisys conducted a survey to gauge the attitudes of the British public towards the authorities and social media. They put their questions to 973 British citizens aged 18 and up via telephone between September 2-7 2011.
Surprisingly, 48 percent responded that they “completely agree” with the idea that “providers should temporarily shut down social networks to prevent coordinated criminal activity” during an outbreak of violence or civil unrest, and that number rises to 70 percent when including those who “agree somewhat”.
However,
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