British Officials InvestigateTwitter and Facebook Roles in the London Riots

British Officials InvestigateTwitter and Facebook Roles in the London Riots

Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry representatives are scheduled to meet with British officials after the recent unrest and riots in London. The meeting will discuss the roles of social networks in keeping the public safe especially during violent and destructive civil disobedience and riots.

The agenda of the Thursday meeting has shifted from the idea that social networking sites should be blocked during riots to the notion of how the law-enforcing bodies especially the police can utilize them to track down violent acts and to inform the public about recent announcements. Representatives of the 3 companies will meet with British Home Secretary to suggest measures that will strengthen the campaign to stop violence and the likes through the use of social networking sites.

Facebook has expressed its delight through its representative with the upcoming meeting with British Home Secretary. Recently, Facebook has made a campaign to remove all credible and plausible threats of violence in its site and they are pleased to know that millions of its users supported the drive. Twitter, a microblogging site, and BlackBerry, a Canada-based smartphone manufacturer, have also prepared propositions and suggestions that will make social media a vehicle for a safer and violent-free community.

David Cameron, British Prime Minister has strongly urged for the temporary shutting down of social networking sites in the wake of the violent civil unrest in London. Cameron was disappointed when unruly crowd used social media to cause more trouble and violence in the streets.

Posted by James Fried on Friday August 26 2011, 6:31 AM EST. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0