Were Facebook Planners Of U.K. Riots Unfairly Punished?
People are questioning whether the punishment fits the crime for the organizers of the U.K. riots, who relied on Facebook to do the planning.
People are questioning whether the punishment fits the crime for the organizers of the U.K. riots, who relied on Facebook to do the planning.
In northwestern England on August 16, Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, received four-year sentences for using Facebook to organize the riots.
At the beginning of August 2011, London suffered from almost a full week of riots. There was damage, injuries, and death.
Now, British courts are looking to reprimand the thousands of people arrested during the chaos, and the first sentencing suggests there will be no getting off easy.
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