Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are used to set up and manage social unrest and to promote criminal behavior. Should the government shut these sites down to hamper criminals or those taking part in the unrest.
Here is an article discussing the question in Great Britain. You may be surprised to see that most people want the sites shut down. What they think of shutting down social networing sites in Britain.
To get an idea of how social networking tools are used read this article #Riot: Self-Organized, Hyper-Networked Revolts—Coming to a City Near You in Wired Magazine.
What do you thing we should do?
