David Cameron on social media

[james_davis_nicoll]

In February 2011:

"This movement belongs to the frustrated Tunisian fruit seller who can’t take his product to market. And to the students in Cairo who can’t get a fair start, and the millions of Egyptians who live on $2 a day. In short, it belongs to the people who want to make something of their lives, and to have a voice. It belongs to a new generation for whom technology – the internet and social media – is a powerful tool in the hands of citizens, not a means of repression. It belongs to the people who’ve had enough of corruption, of having to make do with what they’re given, of having to settle for second best."

August, 2011

The government is exploring whether to turn off social networks or stop people texting during times of social unrest.

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[dewline.livejournal.com]

RIM's people were warning the UKGov of the double-edged consequences of such a shut-down during the riots, as I recall. Whether Cameron's willing to admit as much is another matter.