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I have no idea ,but i hear other countries China ,Lybia or similar stopping access to these type of social network sites so just thought would it be posible to stop access to the sites accross the UK on a temporary basis should the riots continue

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the old fashioned way ,talk to people in real life :rolleyes:

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

Carrier pigeon...go old school

The rioters would be confused if you told them that everyone was using their birds to talk..they probably think it meant they were to send their gfs out

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

I would imagine it's technically possible. Whether it's legally possible (or even desirable) without declaring Martial Law is another thing.

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

Rioters have set fire to a Miss Selfridge shop on Market Street in Manchester city centre.

Hundreds of youths ran down the street smashing the windows on another clothes store, while dozens tried to force the door of the Arndale shopping centre.

Hundreds of riot police had tried to move crowds who had gathered on Piccadilly Gardens, leading to running battles with youngsters wearing masks and hoods


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/20...four-live-blog

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14459516



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Oh like using their mobiles.:rolleyes:

My point is that the social networks aren't to blame and that they actually can do some good in this case:rolleyes:

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re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

Twazzup is pretty good for info.

Manchester

Salford

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

I don't remember the police actually ever stating that Duggan fired i think it was a natural assumption as we tend to forget that the police don't need to be fired on to shoot someone .Of course the family are sying that it is a disgrace that he was shot ,do they think it was a disgrace that he carried a loaded gun ?

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

That link appears to be contradicting itself.

First it states and then, further down, it states

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

didn't say they where to blame Maggie ,i implied that they are being used to organise gangs of rioters and wondered if the police ,if the situation gets worse ,could have them shut down on a temporary basis ,if that means inconveniencing a few people then tough there is a bigger issue than "i am doing my ironing".Any way as pointed out it would most likely be illegal because of the wishy washy society we have built for ourselves

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I don't know about what they are saying but I think a degree of myopia is understandable on their part.

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Well Hugh that's problem when everyone demands answers instantly instead of waiting until all the facts can be released.You can only get half of them because forensic tests always take time unlike the US cop shows would have us believe.;)

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

It's a very dodgy road to go down. Twitter and Facebook are communication tools and giving the government the power to shut them down is dangerous in the extreme. We harm our own freedom and liberties while the thugs will find some other way to plan their chaos.

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

Well here we go then. it's almost dark outside.

let's see what the police are going to do tonight.

and please don't run when the kids charge you :(

re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
 

True that.