LONDON RIOTS- Debating the impact of social media on the london riots.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/london-riots-blackberry-messenger-looting

London riots: BlackBerry to help police probe Messenger looting 'role'

Met police claim popular, encrypted and free Messenger service fanned riots in Tottenham and helped organise looting

• Josh Halliday
• guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 August 2011 19.20 BST
• Article history

 

Key points:

·         "BlackBerry has promised to help police investigate claims its Messenger service helped fuel and organise riots and looting in Tottenham, north London."

·        " BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) appears to be the favoured method of planning the unrest that has swept across north London since Saturday evening. "

·        " Although Twitter and Facebook have played a key role in past unrest in the capital, the Tottenham riots are thought to be the first in the UK so heavily orchestrated using BlackBerry Messenger"