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Re:British Discuss Limiting Social Media to Fight Crime by highriseo on Friday August 26, 2011 @12:41AM (#2927407)
If legislation like this passed, I wonder how it would effect relations with the US and the US tech industry. Its all fine and good to try and subvert the Egyptian government during a revolution, but what happens if the tech companies try to subvert another first world country?
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Re:British Discuss Limiting Social Media to Fight Crime by sambe on Friday August 26, 2011 @02:04AM (#2927564)
Ah, you noticed that too? I thought it was unusually clever: only if you attack civilians, we will bomb you; the civilians are rising up against you with tanks and guns; you fight back; we bomb you!

Media have tagged along as usual: massive glorification of the rebels without discussing many of the issues or history; implicit support as if treating events as a football match with the rebels being England.

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Re:British Discuss Limiting Social Media to Fight Crime by bluedanieru on Friday August 26, 2011 @03:16AM (#2927692)
US tech industry maybe, but the US government is totally on board with this sort of shit and looking into it themselves.
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