The British government has retreated over a plan to ban suspected rioters from social networking websites including Facebook and Twitter in times of civil unrest.
Unprecedented measures such as shutting down websites and banning users are understood to have been dismissed by all sides early at a Home Office summit involving the home secretary, Theresa May, and representatives from the major social networks yesterday.
Full story: British retreat from social media user ban – The Irish Times – Fri, Aug 26, 2011