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Brits Support Shutting Down Facebook, Twitter During Civil Unrest
- CallMeV 15y agoI certainly do not support such a measure; nor does anyone I know. 973 people were polled. In no way can that tiny population represent the views of the more than 60 million Brits alive today. The pollsters should have made a bigger study and approached more diverse groups.
- anigbrowl 15y agoSurprisingly, yes it can, and the margin of error can be precisely calculated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_sampling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey_sampling
- MichaelApproved 15y agoSo it's OK to censor the public when your own gov't is at risk but if another country ties to do it (Egypt) it's wrong? Hypocrisy at its finest.
- anigbrowl 15y agoThe survey question was specifically about coordinated criminal activity. Certainly, repressive governments often condemn peaceful demonstrations, but few would argue that widespread arson and looting (as happened in UK riots earlier this year) constitute peaceful protest, or indeed any kind of protest.
- MichaelApproved 15y agoI see your point but you don't need to shut down the whole network. I can see the govt using powers like these very broadly. A few people say something potentially criminal and they shutdown the whole network.
- bdfh42 15y agoWell I am a "Brit" and I don't support it. Such censorship is always wrong - no exceptions.