UK Government Will Not Ban Twitter During Future Riots
During talks with Twitter, Facebook and RIM today in response to the riots earlier this month, the UK government backed down on plans to block social networks should another riot occur.
The Guardian reports that the representatives from Twitter, Facebook and RIM, along with the UK Home Secretary Theresa May, agreed early in the meeting that banning social networks during periods of civil unrest would be unwise.
The notion that the government might ban social networks arose when David Cameron said that his government would “do whatever it takes” to prevent future riots from occurring.
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