UK: Reaction to Cameron’s plans for social media crackdown

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    Date: 
    11 August 2011

    In the wake of this week’s riots across the country, David Cameron today told parliament that the government is looking into banning people from using social networking sites if they are thought to be organising criminal activity. Index on Censorship this afternoon released a statement in reaction to Cameron’s address. Elsewhere online, the response has been heated.