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RIM helps police inquiries into London riots

...help police looking into the use of social media to co-ordinate riots in London at the weekend. RIM has promised to help police looking... Read more

8 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

RIM juices BlackBerry enterprise, dilutes consumer

The BlackBerry-maker says it will continue to target consumers, but through partnerships rather than through its own internal development efforts Read more

30 March, 2012 by David Meyer

London riots: Police turn to Twitter and social media to catch looters

As capital responds to riots with its own clean-up campaign hashtag... Images of suspects are being... Read more

9 August, 2011 by Jo Best

Police say Twitter and BBM gave riot 'intelligence

...as BBM and Twitter were responsible for facilitating last week's UK riots, senior police figures have revealed they did not request that the services... Read more

17 August, 2011 by Jo Best

Twitter, Facebook and RIM 'look forward' to riots talks

...it wants to know whether social media can be shut down when riots strike. Facebook, Twitter and Research In Motion have said they are willing... Read more

12 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Hacker tries to blackmail RIM over riot data

...Research In Motion into not co-operating with police investigating the London riots.After the disturbances at the weekend, RIM said it would help the... Read more

9 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MPs: Rioting should not lead to Twitter blocks

...Civil disturbances such as the riots in August 2011 should not lead to the UK government blocking social... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Airwave denies London riots radio problems

...radio network was overloaded during the first two days of the London riots. Airwave has labelled 'entirely inaccurate' a police report that says its communications... Read more

5 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Home Office meets social networks over blocking plans

...and Facebook to discuss social media's role in the recent UK riots. Photo credit: Home Office The talks between the Home Office, the Association... Read more

25 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Facebook riot posts lead to four-year jail terms

...to four years in prison for using Facebook to incite others to riot, although neither man's actions resulted in any rioting. Jordan Blackshaw and... Read more

17 August, 2011 by David Meyer

BT Openreach warns of riot-induced backlog

...of broadband and landline installation jobs as a result of the UK riots. Openreach, which looks after access to BT's network, said on Thursday... Read more

11 August, 2011 by Ben Woods

Police: We're not watching you on social media

...s digital communications. He also said shutting down social media during the riots that hit London in August would have been a "net negative". "One... Read more

7 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

How tweeting police help keep the streets of Sheffield safe

...this'. Maybe it's no accident that we didn't suffer any riots as the fourth-largest city." The force now regularly uses Twitter to... Read more

14 October, 2011 by Nick Heath

...Twitter and BBM gave us riot intelligence - we decided against pulling plug': Met Police

...as BBM and Twitter were responsible for facilitating last week's UK riots, senior police figures have revealed they did not request that the services... Read more

16 August, 2011 by Jo Best

Prime Minister: Do we need social media bans for rioters?

Working with police, intelligence services and industry... Following the recent riots in London and other UK cities, the government is considering whether it... Read more

11 August, 2011 by Steve Ranger

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