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This article provides very little facts to support the thesis that BBM was the core medium behind the protests. It all boils down to "BBM is non-public", "Black
by praptak 15y ago
This article provides very little facts to support the thesis that BBM was the core medium behind the protests. It all boils down to "BBM is non-public", "Blackberries are cheaper than Androids and iPhones" and "Duggan used BlackBerry Messenger to send his last message to his girlfriend".
And the linked post? All it has to prove the connection is the output of bbm+tottenham query from, yeah, you guessed it, Twitter. All in all not very convincing if you ask me.
- oelewapperke 15y agoAdditionally, the premise of the article is despicable : the solution to social problems is not to take communication away from the protestors. It has now become publicly agreed that censorship of channels is allowable if they're suspected to be used for riots. TALKING is the main source of riots ... Poverty and hopelessness. Let's see what we can do about those first, no ?