12-08-2011, 07:47 PM
Two fundamental points about social media during these UK riots:
i) it provides police with an evidential trail which will be used to attempt to bring prosecutions;
ii) certain social media channels crashed to unavailable in key locations at key times during the riots.
Draw your own conclusions about politicians calling for more access to, control over, and even blackouts, of social media.
My clear conclusion is that politicians from across the spectrum will eagerly seek to gain ever more intrusive powers into our individual lives when an opportunity presents itself.
Draconian new powers would represent the legalisation of actions which are often currently illegal for governments or police to perform.
i) it provides police with an evidential trail which will be used to attempt to bring prosecutions;
ii) certain social media channels crashed to unavailable in key locations at key times during the riots.
Draw your own conclusions about politicians calling for more access to, control over, and even blackouts, of social media.
My clear conclusion is that politicians from across the spectrum will eagerly seek to gain ever more intrusive powers into our individual lives when an opportunity presents itself.
Draconian new powers would represent the legalisation of actions which are often currently illegal for governments or police to perform.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war