[W]e are working with the police, the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality.
david cameron, premierminister von england über die sozialen netzwerke und den gedanken, sie im zusammenhang mit denriots auszuschalten. immerhin hat twitter bereits das löschen von posts und usern abgelehnt. ganz typisch: symtombekämpfung at its best.
mehr dazu im artikel von gigaom.com.
via lkm
Symptombekämpfung
Es ist schlimmer als nur Symptombekämpfung. Es ist ein katastrophaler Präzedenzfall.
Unterstützung für Cameron aus China
Unterstützung für Cameron – aus China:
>The British Government’s wariness of the Internet and Blackberry Messenger – symbols of freedom of speech – is a forced reaction, which might upset the Western world. Meanwhile, the open discussion of containment of the Internet in Britain has given rise to a new opportunity for the whole world. Media in the US and Britain used to criticize developing countries for curbing freedom of speech. Britain’s new attitude will help appease the quarrels between East and West over the future management of the Internet.
>As for China, advocates of an unlimited development of the Internet should think twice about their original ideas.
>On the Internet, there is no lack of posts and articles that incite public violence. They will cause tremendous damage once they are tweeted without control. At that time, all governments will have no other choice but to close down these websites and arrest those agitators.
Wie oben gesagt. Katastrophaler Präzedenzfall.