Government backs away from plan to close social media sites during riots - The Independent - #ukriots
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-backs-away-from-plan-to-close-social-media-sites-during-ri
Threats to close down Twitter and other social media during civil disturbances, raised in the heat of this month’s riots, have been abandoned. The subject was not even discussed during an hour-long meeting between senior ministers, the police, and representatives of Facebook, Twitter and Blackberry yesterday.
The Government has executed a rapid climbdown after being alerted to the pitfalls of a policy put forward “in the heat of the moment”. Whitehall sources privately admitted they were not now seeking any new powers to censor the internet.