Prison Planet.com � Facebook and Twitter to oppose calls for social media blocks during riots

Prison Planet.com � Facebook and Twitter to oppose calls for social media blocks during riots:

Facebook and Twitter are preparing to face down government ministers over calls to ban people from social networks or shut their websites down in times of civil unrest.

The major social networks are expected to offer no concessions when they meet the home secretary, Theresa May, at a Home Office summit on Thursday lunchtime.

Ministers are expected to row back on David Cameron’s call for suspected rioters to be banned from social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, following the riots and looting across England a fortnight ago...............

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