13.04.2012 - 22:27 [ Al Jazeera ]

The UK government‘s war on internet freedom

Last summer in the wake of the London riots, British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted that the government should have the power to censor social media and „stop [alleged rioters] from communicating via these websites“. But after Cameron‘s plan was widely compared to the tactics of former Egypt President Hosni Mubarak – not to mention the same social media services were instrumental in helping organise post-riot cleanup – the proposal never materialised.